Emotional awareness
Subtitle: overcoming the obstacles to psychological balance and compassion : a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman
By: edited by Paul Ekman.
Contributors: Ekman, Paul.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780805087123
Subjects: Ekman, Paul -- Interviews; Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, -- Dalai Lama XIV, -- 1935- -- Interviews; Emotions; Compassion
Genres: Interviews.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Daniel Goleman; title: Introduction / by Paul Ekman; title: East and west; title: Traditions * science, religion, and truth * the filter of moods * when emotions are destructive * attachment and control * the poverty of emotional language; title: Emotional experience; title: What are emotions * obstacles to constructive emotional experiences * calming difficult people * mindfulness * the refractory period * emotional scripts; title: Emotional balance; title: Meditative practice * how high the bar * the startle and the buffer * forgiveness and responsibility; title: Anger, resentment, and hatred; title: Preparing for anger * expressing anger * the varieties of anger * the actor and the act * the relatives of anger * motivating anger; title: The nature of compassion; title: 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; title: Global compassion; title: Extending the limits of compassion * releasing resentments * learning altruism * achieving emotional balance * gratitude and rejoicing * mental training gymnasiums; title: Personal transformation; title: Changing the experience of emotion * the mystery of goodness * the path of reason.