PDF Ebook Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet, by Joan Halifax

PDF Ebook Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet, by Joan Halifax

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Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet, by Joan Halifax

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"[A] wise exploration of the search for meaning...Clear, detailed, and profound, this remarkable book will be appreciated by anyone seeking a framework for a meaningful life."―Publishers Weekly, starred review"This book is an invitation to dive deeper into those uncomfortable places and learn new skills to navigate them.... Through a lifetime of contemplative practice, Roshi Joan Halifax inspires us to be present and to remember our humanity regardless of circumstances. What seems impossible becomes possible if you’re willing to go to the edge with her." ―Tara Well, PhD, Psychology Today“Reflecting on her decades long experience as a social activist, medical anthropologist, Zen Roshi, and wise elder, Joan Halifax introduces us to Edge States―qualities of mind that invite optimal balance. Through the extraordinary example of her own remarkable life, and her re-telling of the stories of many others, this book is a must-read to help us navigate these turbulent times, regain our footing, and recognize the balance that is our true nature.” ―Richard J. Davidson, New York Times-bestselling author of The Emotional Life of Your Brain and Altered Traits “Roshi Joan Halifax embodies what she teaches: equanimity, dedication to benefiting others, and putting compassion into action. Her no-nonsense approach to the emotions that push us to our edge―and can also propel our greatest good―truly inspires. In Standing at the Edge she offers us all a fascinating read and a practical roadmap to fulfilling our personal good work.” ―Daniel Goleman, New York Times bestselling author of Altered Traits and Emotional Intelligence“Joan Halifax knows of what she speaks. Standing at the Edge is powerful, honest, wise, and personal.” ―Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness and Real Love"A magnificent exploration of our lives as moral creatures capable of virtue, and the shadow side of the impulse to help. The downsides of indifference and selfishness are well known. But Joan Halifax's hard won wisdom―and her distinguishing effective compassion from empathic distress and pathological altruism―will stay with me for a long time. So will her practical advice for more flexible, modest, and effective ways of responding to suffering, including my own. Plan to take this book to heart. It's wide ranging, ambitious, insightful, and kind." ―Katy Butler, author of the New York Times-bestseller Knocking on Heaven's Door“Standing at the Edge is a moving contemplation, a guidebook of how to be a caring human being, filled with practical advice, rich experience, tenderness, wisdom and courage.” ―Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart“In Standing at the Edge, Joan Halifax weaves together scientific research and her own powerful personal experiences as a social activist and humanitarian to show how we can transform our biggest challenges with compassion and wisdom. Standing at the Edge is essential reading for our time.” ―Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global"Roshi Joan Halifax’s new book, Standing at the Edge is a reflection of her enormous courage, compassion, and wisdom. In her willingness to cozy up to the great mystery she transforms fear into wonder. But most of all it is her great love that shines through the pages of this wonderful book and gives us a clear path to a graceful life.” ―Ram Dass“In this brilliant book with its depth of humanity, wisdom, and nuance, Joan Halifax explores the subtle complexities of altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement, and concludes that compassion is the means by which we navigate from the edge where courage overcomes fear. Reading it will lead to richer, fuller lives.” ―Bill George, author of Discover Your True North, senior fellow at Harvard Business School and former chair & CEO of Medtronic“This book is a gift to anyone who seeks to serve others. With unwavering honesty and startling clarity, Joan Halifax examines the potential pitfalls of our virtuous intentions, taking on issues that concern people who are drawn to service. With characteristic intellectual precision, scholarship, and real-world experience, Standing at the Edge is food for the soul.” ―Ira Byock, MD, author of Dying Well and The Best Care Possible“Standing at the Edge is a book that inspires us to rise into our better selves and gives us the tools to do that.” ―Jane Fonda“Reading Standing at the Edge, I am struck by Joan Halifax’s honesty and hard-won humility. This is an unusual, courageous, and inspiring work, a true guide to keeping one’s footing in these unstable and perilous times.” ―Mark Epstein, MD and author of Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself and Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart “People everywhere will be able to benefit from Roshi Joan’s truth and her wisdom. Her courage and straightforward message should touch the hearts of all who want to create a better world for all of us and move them to action.” ―Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Chair, Nobel Women’s Initiative“In this moving and timely reflection on embracing life with passionate care, Roshi Joan shares her insights from Zen Buddhism, social engagement, and neuroscience but, above all, from half a century of living fearlessly.” ―Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism“Joan Halifax is wise, compassionate, grounded, and truly powerful. Her stories and insights come from life experience, and the wisdom of facing realities that are often uncomfortable with maturity and optimism. Standing at The Edge is a resource, an inspiration, and an important book. It offers hope and tools in a time of turmoil.” ―Mallika Chopra, author of Living with Intent“An important, thorough book. Halifax covers every angle of our interactions with compassion, even willing to tread on its dark side. As I read I found myself excited, inspired, nodding my head at its clear truth. Written in precise, beautiful prose, this is not an abstract tome―it’s backed by Halifax’s years of experience, close observation, and honest scrutiny. This needs to be read by everyone so we have a new language for love.” ―Natalie Goldberg, author of The Great Spring and Writing Down the Bones “With her book, Standing at the Edge, Joan Halifax has given the world a timeless sand necessary gift. An engaging, story-filled excavation on the meaning of compassion and the psychological states that define the human experience, Standing at the Edge has profound lessons for individuals and organizations. Halifax’s writing is infused with the strength of character, honesty, and authenticity that have earned her a reputation for being a fearless and steadfast spiritual leader, activist, and humanitarian. This book has wisdom for us all.” ―Bernie Glassman, author of Instructions to theCook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters“In Standing at the Edge, Roshi Joan Halifax offers powerful insights from what she has discovered about 'Edge States.' The lessons she has learned―while listening to fellow civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer, to sitting with the suffering in refugee camps―provide essential wisdom and principled compassion during our troubled times.” ―Rhonda V. Magee, law professor, mindfulness teacher, and author of The Way of Color Insight“Standing at the Edge is medicine for our times. Roshi Joan’s well-earned wisdom walks us to our own edges, where we see our inner landscape and the immense learning that comes from lingering there. Reading these pages is like sitting down with the village elder soaking in a lifetime of service, compassion, courage, and activism.” ―Michelle Gale, author of Mindful Parenting in a Messy World“There is no easily accessible education on how to stay well in the midst of stress and suffering―our own or of the people around us―until now. Halifax lays out a clear map for how to transform the challenging states we all experience to those of growth―building the foundation of our desperately needed ability to become more stress-resilient and compassionate. There is nothing abstract here. Through science and contemplative wisdom, through examples of courageous lives, and especially the powerful exemplar of Halifax’s own life and immense service to humanitarian causes, you will see how your own courage can overcome your fear to live your best life possible.” ―Elissa Epel, Ph.D., professor at University of California, San Francisco, member of The National Academy of Medicine, and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Telomere Effect“In this beautifully-written volume, Joan Halifax combines a spiritual master’s depth, the insight of a psychologist, and the vision of a prophet to help us fulfill our humane duty towards others while maintaining respect and care for our own body, mind, and soul.” ―Gabor Maté, MD, author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction“In this unflinchingly honest book, Roshi Joan Halifax calls upon us to understand how close to the edge we truly stand and teaches us to be unafraid of falling. This book is an extraordinary gift to those of us trying to make a positive difference in our world; a sobering and yet, uplifting teaching that methodically takes us from ignorance to realization in our personal journey. It is beautiful and clear-sighted but most importantly, it is rooted in compassion. I am deeply grateful for her courageous insight and wisdom.” ―Dekila Chungyalpa, founder and director of Sacred Earth at the World Wildlife Fund, Environmental Coordinator for His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, and Associate Research Scientist at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies“The wisdom that Roshi Joan Halifax has distilled from her work with cancer patients, clinicians, teachers, disaster relief workers, CEOs, and Zen students is all here, recast into a guide to the way we live now that is urgent, principled, practical, and deftly psychological. An astonishing gift.” ―Anthony Back, MD, professor at University of Washington, Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and founder of VitalTalk“I thought I knew these words: altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement. Not until I read this book did I realize that I have not really understood the words thoroughly. This book is a result of the author’s long years of spiritual practice and service. It is a book in which one needs to anchor oneself in order to survive the stormy sea of our present reality.” ―Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the first Bhikkhuni in Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and abbess of Songdhammakalyani Monastery “Standing at the Edge arrives at a critical moment in history, when the world is searching for a new way to reconnect with the deep roots of our spirituality. The book is profoundly engaging and ruthlessly poetic. It is a vital exploration of how we can transform this world through compassionate action.” ―Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, founder and president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka“I love this book. Standing at the Edge places Roshi alongside our greatest teachers and practitioners―Pema Chodron, Thich Nhat Hanh, Gandhi, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, and Dr. King. Reading it, I was reminded of the old adage: ‘Don’t just do something―stand there!’ By exploring the big themes of altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, engagement, and compassion, Roshi helps us to take a stand in a bad time, and to know where we stand, and to stand there in the fullness of wisdom and compassion. Given our violent, inhuman world, this timely book will help us become more nonviolent and more human, to do our part for a more nonviolent world. With Roshi as our guide, we, too, can stand at the edge, learn to see a new vision of humanity and enter into universal compassion, nonviolence, and peace. What a gift!” ―Father John Dear, author of The Nonviolent Life and The Beatitudes of Peace“Standing at the Edge is a must-read not only for all clinicians but for anyone who is caring for others in their suffering. Roshi Joan has a gift to transform the complexity of scientific, theological, and philosophical theories into practical models for everyone to express compassion to others. She enables us to being able to sit in the midst of the other’s suffering―offering presence and love.” ―Christina Puchalski, MD, OCDS, Professor of Medicine, Director of the George Washington University’s Institute for Spirituality and Health, author of Time for Listening and Caring, and coauthor of Making Healthcare Whole “At this precipitous moment of history, when so many of us are unbalanced and suffering, Roshi Joan Halifax offers us a modern classic. Her essential wisdom, compassion, and experience dare to lead us―as it has led her―in and through the dark places of our lives and minds, to a ground of steadfast clarity. With stories and accessible practices, documented by cutting-edge research, Halifax points the way to our own ease and completeness.” ―Sensei Hozan Alan Senauke, Clear View Project“With the clear eyes of a social scientist and the warm heart of a Buddhist, Roshi Joan explores those liminal spaces where burnout is transformed into recalibration, empathy grows the wings of wisdom, and in tending the broken heart of the world we are brought home to our fullest humanity.” ―Mirabai Starr, translator of John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, and Julian of Norwich, and author of Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation“Through her insightful reflection and intimate research, Roshi Joan maps the dividing points between our failures and genuine, wholesome activities. Standing at the Edge is a most generous gift from her lifetime of meditation, deep thinking, and amazing scale of service to society.” ―Kazuaki Tanahashi, author of Painting Peace: Art in a Time of Global Crisis“A must-have guidebook for altruists, seekers, caregivers, and all those wishing to make a difference. Standing at the Edge reminds us that good intentions are not enough to change the world; Nothing short of deep inner work―both contemplative and psychological―is required. Roshi Joan’s voice, fierce and wise, reveals the edge as a place where true spiritual transformation happens.” ―Cheryl A. Giles, PsyD and Willa B. Miller, PhD, authors of The Arts of Contemplative Care “Joan Halifax shares with us the wise insights derived from a life of deep inquiry and service to others. This is a work of heart and of substance.” ―Hal Roth, author of Original Tao: Inward Training and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism, Professor of Religious Studies, and Director of the Brown University Program in Contemplative Studies

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About the Author

Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D., is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest and anthropologist. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. in medical anthropology and received a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Visual Anthropology, was an Honorary Research Fellow in Medical Ethnobotany at Harvard University, and was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Library of Congress. She is the founder of the Upaya Prison Project and of the Nomads Clinic in Nepal.

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Product details

Hardcover: 304 pages

Publisher: Flatiron Books (May 1, 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1250101344

ISBN-13: 978-1250101341

Product Dimensions:

6.5 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.8 out of 5 stars

44 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#16,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

What I love about this new book by Roshi Joan Halifax is how she reaches out through her beautiful and careful words to the heart of each reader, with "life-giving hands" as she calls the engagement of compassion. You can feel her personally touching you as you read. Wherever you are in your life and work, she's been there and she knows how hard it is to stay on track, to stay energized and loving, to be the best version of a human one can be. I felt her openness to my goodness as well as my shadow self, as if she's rooting for me and all of us to wake up, relax, love, grow and do the good work the world needs us to do. I'll keep this book close--a guidebook for life in our times.

Walking with others on the path of care is what gives me a sense of hope. But it can also be a tenuous journey on which we come to face our shadow-sides in the thick of what Joan Halifax calls “edge states.” For the broad spectrum of caregivers we are and need to be: parents, teachers, neighbors, community organizers - voters! - as well as professional social workers, hospital/prison chaplains, counselors, psychotherapists, medical professionals, and social justice advocates, Roshi Halifax provides both philosophical wisdom and practical skillfulness in how we can navigate that path courageously and wholesomely, with both compassion and equanimity in tact. Maintaining a “soft front and strong back,” we can sustainably nourish ourselves and care for others, without spiraling down into the collapse of empathic distress and caregiver burnout. Living in a time when our well-being depend on care, I can’t think of a more important perspective to share. This is a beautifully written and truly inspiring book, and I am so grateful for the support it offers.

This is such an important book for all those in any of the helping professions, as it discusses the 'edge' between appropriate and necessary care of others and 'falling off or over the edge' into apathy or distress. And there is so much more, so it is very useful for activist and those that are noting disapproval and outrage towards what is happening in the US and in other parts of the world at this time. Roshi Joan's writing is simple yet effectively, helps one to understand and feel what appropriate and inappropriate empathy, altruism, integrity, respect and engagement are like. She also offers simple and effect practices for those times when we do fall over or off those edges.The book is filled with personal anecdotes from her own life which only adds to the authenticity of what she is conveying. As such, this book is for everyone, not just professionals and caregivers. Highly recommended!

I read a lot of books, always in search of motivation or some new nugget to help process my own thinking/feeling and the world around me. So many books on EQ, enlightenment, self help, etc. speak to us almost as children in need of a lecture - or almost presents life and emotions as a game that needs to be won. This book is so thoughtful, beautiful, easy to read, easy to understand and integrate...it is so smart! And yet, reading this book is like sitting with a trusted, enlightened friend who speaks as if we are all equals, students on a journey. Roshi Joan Halifax is so thoughtful and grounded; she is clearly very far along in her journey, but never-ever makes us feel that we're behind. So refreshing. Regardless of what brought you here to consider this book, buy/read this book. This is easily the best book I've read in a very long time. Highly recommend. Safe travels.

Despite wanting to read this book slowly, I found myself rocketing along because Roshi Joan Halifax’s writing is so beautiful and riveting. Whether fast or slow, you will want to read it again and again to appreciate the wisdom she offers so generously. This is a true masterwork – do not miss it.

I have read Halifax before and she is a truly wise woman.She looks at what she calls Edge States and what can happen when we slip over them. These are all virtues by any religious or moral view: altruism, empathy., integrity, respect and engagement. Yet with all of them, it's possible to stand at the top, happy with one's efforts, and then slide off into the slough.For example, empathy can turn into distress, integrity into moral suffering, engagement can result in overwork and burnout. Roshi Joan Halifax has many years of experience as an antropologist, Buddhist teacher, and caregiver to the dying. She has many years a founder, abbot, and head teacher of the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, in Santa Fe.He Buddhist beliefs do not keep this from being an outstanding book for anyone of any religious belief, or non-belief.

This book is, plain and simply, beautiful. It is real, it is wise, it is practical. And it is human.I was fortunate to be with Roshi Joan in Seattle when she first held her new book, this book, at its national release. She said when looking at its cover and touching it with embodied gentleness: “It’s a beautiful, isn’t it?” And it is.Understanding edge states has already had a profound impact upon my life, at work, at home; with my colleagues and with my family. I’ve already begun sharing it with others—and its impact is being realized.It’s true (and it’s still a choice we can all make): “Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity.” And we need it more than ever. We are compassionate by nature—we just need to wake up, engage, and realize what will best serve in each and every moment...with grace and G.R.A.C.E. Standing at the edge takes courage—but we have to understand and realize that we are there and that, when there, in those moments, we have a choice and an opportunity.Thank you Roshi, for being you and for this gift. May it find a wide audience so that its light can warm this cold world—if only this one little corner of it.

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