How to be sick
Subtitle: a Buddhist-inspired guide for the chronically ill and their caregivers
By: Toni Bernhard ; foreword by Sylvia Boorstein
Contributors: Boorstein, Sylvia, contributor
Edition: Revised and updated edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781614294788
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Buddhism; Chronic diseases; Religious life; Chronically ill; Caregivers
Description: In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner's bewilderment, stayed that way. As they faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations--a life that was vastly different from the one they'd thought they'd have together--Toni had to learn how to be sick. In spite of her many physical and energetic restrictions (and sometimes, because of them), Toni learned how to live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy. This book reminds us that our own inner freedom is limitless, regardless of our external circumstances. Updated with new insights and practices hard-won from Toni's own ongoing life experience, this is a must-read for anyone who is, or who might one day be, sick or in pain. --Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Getting sick : a romantic trip to Paris; title: Staying sick : this can't be happening to me; title: The Buddha tells it like it is; title: The universal law of impermanence; title: Who is sick? who is in pain?; title: Finding joy in the life you can no longer lead; title: Soothing the body, mind, and heart; title: Using compassion to alleviate your suffering; title: Facing the ups and downs of chronic illness with equanimity; title: Getting off the wheel of suffering; title: Tonglen : spinning straw into gold; title: With our thoughts we make the world; title: The present moment as a refuge; title: Wise action: what to do and what not to do; title: Zen helps; title: Communicating with care; title: Connecting with others and appreciating solitude; title: And in the end ...; title: A guide to using the practices to help with specific challenges.