Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance PDF
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ALSO BY THE DALAI LAMA The Art of Happiness at Work The Universe in a Single Atom The Wisdom of Forgiveness Ethics for a New Millennium The Art of Happiness Healing Anger Freedom in Exile ALSO BY PAUL EKMAN Emotions Revealed Telling Lies Face of Man Why Kids Lie Unmasking the Face Emotional Awareness EMOTIONAL AWARENESS ________________ Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion A Conversation Between The Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman, Ph.D. Edited by Paul Ekman A Holt Paperback Times Books Henry Holt and Company New York Holt Paperbacks Henry Holt and Company, LLC Publishers since 1866 175 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10010 www.henryholt.com A Holt Paperback® and ® are registered trademarks of Henry Holt and Company, LLC. Copyright © 2008 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman Introduction and supplementary material © 2008 by Paul Ekman Foreword copyright © 2008 by Daniel Goleman All rights reserved. Distributed in Canada by H. B. Fenn and Company Ltd. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Emotional awareness : overcoming the obstacles to psychological balance and compassion : a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman / edited by Paul Ekman.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-9021-5 ISBN-10: 0-8050-9021-5 1. Emotions. 2. Compassion. 3. Ekman, Paul—Interviews. 4. Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935– —Interviews. I. Ekman, Paul. BF531.E498 2008 152.4—dc222008008848 Henry Holt books are available for special promotions and premiums. For details contact: Director, Special Markets. Originally published in hardcover in 2008 by Times Books First Holt Paperbacks Edition 2009 Designed by Victoria Hartman B. Alan Wallace’s commentary on pages 56–57 is adapted from “What Did the Buddha Really Mean by ‘Mindfulness’?,” Tricycle, 17(3), Spring 2008. Reproduced by permission. Photograph on page 244 by Eve Ekman. All other interior photographs of the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman by Tenzin Choejor, Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Printed in the United States of America 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Contents Foreword by Daniel Goleman Introduction by Paul Ekman 1. East and West Two Traditions • Science, Religion, and Truth • The Filter of Moods • When Emotions Are Destructive • Attachment and Control •The Poverty of Emotional Language 2. Experiencing Emotion What Are Emotions? • Obstacles to Constructive Emotional Experiences • Calming Difficult People • Mindfulness • The Refractory Period • Emotional Scripts 3. Emotional Balance Meditative Practice •How High the Bar • The Startle and the Buffer • Forgiveness and Responsibility 4. Anger, Resentment, and Hatred Preparing for Anger • Expressing Anger • The Varieties of Anger • The Actor and the Act • The Relatives of Anger • Motivating Anger 5. The Nature of Compassion Defining Compassion • Compassion from an Evolutionary Perspective • Animal Intelligence • Unbiased Compassion • Cultivating Connectedness • Cultivating Consciousness •The Balance of Wisdom and Compassion •Empathy, Intelligence, and Wisdom 6. Global Compassion Extending the Limits of Compassion • Releasing Resentments • Learning Altruism • Achieving Emotional Balance • Gratitude and Rejoicing • Mental Training Gymnasiums 7. Personal Transformation Changing the Experience of Emotion• The Mystery of Goodness • The Path of Reason Notes Acknowledgments Index Foreword
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