Most of us have lived through painful, humiliating or traumatic experiences, leaving us conditioned by reactions that trap us in ongoing cycles of feeling hurt and hurting others. This book draws on a variety of traditions from the author's own perspective, and explores how meditation can help take us past negative narratives of hurt.
Most of us have lived through painful, humiliating or traumatic experiences, leaving us conditioned by reactions that trap us in ongoing cycles of fee...
Globally we seem torn between local, exclusive forms of religion, which can cause immense spiritual and physical damage to people, and a bland secularism that confines the religions to safe havens, each offering its own private options for ""spirituality"" within a secularized global politic. In this context the religions tolerate one another but cannot engage in mutually challenging and transforming dialogue. Thompson argues that it is only through dialogue that the distinctive truths of the faiths emerge. Moving beyond the threefold paradigm that has limited dialogue, and challenging modern...
Globally we seem torn between local, exclusive forms of religion, which can cause immense spiritual and physical damage to people, and a bland secular...
