From the Book - First edition.
Prologue: Loving life no matter what --
Part I: Our search for refuge: Winds of homecoming --
Leaving home: the trance of small self --
Meditation: the path to presence --
Three gateways to refuge --
Part II: The gateway of truth: RAIN: cultivating mindfulness in difficult times --
Awakening to the life of the body --
Possessed by the mind: the prison of compulsive thinking --
Investigating core beliefs --
Part III: The gateway of love: Heart medicine for traumatic fear --
Self-compassion: releasing the second arrow --
The courage to forgive --
Holding hands: living compassion --
Losing what we love: the pain of separation --
Part IV: The gateway of awareness: Refuge in awareness --
A heart that is ready for anything.
From the Book - Bantam books Trade paperback edition.
Prologue: Loving life no matter what
Our search for refuge. Winds of homecoming ; Leaving home: the trance of small self ; Meditation: the path to presence ; Three gateways to refuge
The gateway of truth. RAIN: cultivating mindfulness in difficult times ; Awakening to the life of the body ; Possessed by the mind: the prison of compulsive thinking ; Investigating core beliefs
The gateway of love. Heart medicine for traumatic fear ; Self-compassion: releasing the second arrow ; The courage to forgive ; Holding hands: living compassion ; Losing what we love: the pain of separation
The gateway of awareness. Refuge in awareness ; A heart that is ready for anything.