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Untangled : walking the eightfold path to clarity, courage, and compassion / Koshin Paley Ellison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Balance/Hatchette Book Group, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: x, 241 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538708309
  • 1538708302
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part I: Before Your Journey (Is there a Before?): 1. True Pleasure is a Place of Practice -- 2. The Tangle -- Part II. Beginning to Go Beyond: 3. You Are Not Just Your Body -- 4. You Are More than Your Feelings -- 5. You Are Not Just Your Thoughts -- 6. Confronting the Giants and their Wheels of Suffering -- 7. The Pivot: Finding Our Place of Practice -- Part III. The Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage and Compassion: 8. The Path is A Place of Practice -- 9. Perspective is A Place of Practice -- 10. Speech is A Place of Practice -- 11. Action is A Place of Practice -- 12. Work is A Place of Practice -- 13. Effort is A Place of Practice -- 14. Attention is A Place of Practice -- 15. Seated Meditation is A Place of Practice -- 16. Mystery is A Place of Practice -- Appendix 1: Resources -- Appendix 2: Further reflections for untangling with the Four Noble Truths -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author.
Summary: "We live in a shallow "junk" pleasure-seeking culture, searching for connection in the wrong places, keeping our restlessness and anxiety at bay with unfulfilling distractions. The results of our junk pleasure culture are obvious: hundreds of articles have been published about the rise of loneliness and its detrimental effects on our mental, emotional, and physical health. Even those of us who have succeeded in the ways that society encourages-getting married, making money, and acquiring status-often feel unanchored, disengaged, and empty. What we want is to live a life of true pleasure-a life infused with meaning, marked by genuine relationship, and aligned with what matters most to us. How do we create a life of true pleasure, one that is worth living? Untangled is a welcoming guidebook to finding expansive ease and joy through what is traditionally called the eightfold path, one of Buddhism's foundational teachings. Psychotherapist and Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison walks readers through this time-tested map for transformation and lasting happiness. Following the eight roads creates profound change inside and out, from everyday interactions to our most intimate relationships (especially the one with ourselves). With his signature mix of storytelling and unexpected humor, Koshin uses anecdotes from his own life as a young gay kid dealing with abuse and discrimination as well as tales and teachings from Eastern and Western wisdom traditions to introduce mainstream readers to the eight roads for the first time and rejuvenate it for those already familiar. It is an ancient cure that's up to the challenge of addressing the dysfunction of our times"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Though we are seemingly more connected to our world than ever before, many of us cannot ignore a nagging sense of loneliness and isolation. To keep this anxiety and discontentment at bay, we can search for connection through unhealthy distractions, believing these will bring us true nourishment. And yet, loneliness is on the rise, exacting detrimental effects on our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Even those of us who have succeeded in the ways that society applauds, often feel unanchored, disengaged, and purposeless. If true pleasure is what we desire, how do we look past the surface, to discover a life filled with meaningful connection and genuine relationships?



Untangled is a welcoming guidebook to finding expansive ease and true joy through what is traditionally called the eightfold path, one of Buddhism's foundational teachings. Psychotherapist and Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison compassionately walks readers down these eight roads, leading them on a path of transformation and to experience true joy. Combining teachings from both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions, Paley Ellison equips readers with the tools needed to untangle our tangles and make profound change, inside and out. Infused with Paley Ellison's own anecdotes of his life as a young gay kid facing abuse and discrimination, this approachable guide will help you transform your ever day interactions, your most intimate relationships and offers a path for social healing. It is an ancient cure that's up to the challenge of healing the modern dysfunction of our times.

Part I: Before Your Journey (Is there a Before?): 1. True Pleasure is a Place of Practice -- 2. The Tangle -- Part II. Beginning to Go Beyond: 3. You Are Not Just Your Body -- 4. You Are More than Your Feelings -- 5. You Are Not Just Your Thoughts -- 6. Confronting the Giants and their Wheels of Suffering -- 7. The Pivot: Finding Our Place of Practice -- Part III. The Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage and Compassion: 8. The Path is A Place of Practice -- 9. Perspective is A Place of Practice -- 10. Speech is A Place of Practice -- 11. Action is A Place of Practice -- 12. Work is A Place of Practice -- 13. Effort is A Place of Practice -- 14. Attention is A Place of Practice -- 15. Seated Meditation is A Place of Practice -- 16. Mystery is A Place of Practice -- Appendix 1: Resources -- Appendix 2: Further reflections for untangling with the Four Noble Truths -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author.

"We live in a shallow "junk" pleasure-seeking culture, searching for connection in the wrong places, keeping our restlessness and anxiety at bay with unfulfilling distractions. The results of our junk pleasure culture are obvious: hundreds of articles have been published about the rise of loneliness and its detrimental effects on our mental, emotional, and physical health. Even those of us who have succeeded in the ways that society encourages-getting married, making money, and acquiring status-often feel unanchored, disengaged, and empty. What we want is to live a life of true pleasure-a life infused with meaning, marked by genuine relationship, and aligned with what matters most to us. How do we create a life of true pleasure, one that is worth living? Untangled is a welcoming guidebook to finding expansive ease and joy through what is traditionally called the eightfold path, one of Buddhism's foundational teachings. Psychotherapist and Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison walks readers through this time-tested map for transformation and lasting happiness. Following the eight roads creates profound change inside and out, from everyday interactions to our most intimate relationships (especially the one with ourselves). With his signature mix of storytelling and unexpected humor, Koshin uses anecdotes from his own life as a young gay kid dealing with abuse and discrimination as well as tales and teachings from Eastern and Western wisdom traditions to introduce mainstream readers to the eight roads for the first time and rejuvenate it for those already familiar. It is an ancient cure that's up to the challenge of addressing the dysfunction of our times"-- Provided by publisher.

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