| Minding What Matters: Psychotherapy and the Buddha Within Contributor(s): Langan, Robert (Author), Coles, Robert (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0861713532 ISBN-13: 9780861713530 Publisher: Wisdom Publications OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2006 Annotation: "Minding What Matters could be considered part of a new genre, the "literary self-help" book. Echoing the style of Kundera and the insights of Jung, with dashes of "The God of Small Things and "Thoughts Without a Thinker, this timely book alternates between discursive sections on Buddhist topics and engrossing fictional scenes between a psychotherapist and a patient. Sometimes going so far as to directly address the reader, the book shows how anyone can intimately explore their mind. By encouraging readers to create a state of inquiry and allowing them to put themselves into hypothetical situations -- such as participating in therapy or engaging in Buddhist practices -- the book shows how to discover inner thoughts and act on them in positive ways. At once informative and evocative, "Minding What Matters offers an entrancing vision of, in Robert Coles's words, "what it is possible to do and to be." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 294.336 |
| LCCN: 2005037920 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.14" W x 8.32" (0.61 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Minding What Matters could be considered part of a new genre, the "literary self-help" book. Echoing the style of Kundera and the insights of Jung, with dashes of The God of Small Things and Thoughts Without a Thinker, this timely book alternates between discursive sections on Buddhist topics and engrossing fictional scenes between a psychotherapist and a patient. Sometimes going so far as to directly address the reader, the book shows how of any one of us can intimately explore his or her mind. By encouraging readers to create a stare of inquiry and allowing them to put themselves into hypothetical situations-such as participating in therapy or engaging in Buddhist practices-the book shows us how to discover our inner thoughts and then act on them in positive ways. At once informative and evocative, Minding What Matters offers an entrancing vision of, in Robert Coles's words, "what is possible to do and to be." |
Contributor Bio(s): Coles, Robert: - Robert Coles is the author of The Spiritual Life of Children. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts. |