Final book that my counselor recommended! This book was a
wonderful project involving the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop getting together
to discuss joy and how to cultivate it in our lives. Abrams as a writer joined
them to compile the book. Together, they create a wonderful book that
highlights both the Dalai Lama as well as the Archbishop’s philosophies, as
well as their friendship.
Joy here does not mean happiness or forcing yourself to be
happy all the time, it is more in line with an attitude cultivating a healthy
approach to life, accepting the sadness and finding ways to still see the joy
in the midst of it. This book tries to not be religious, despite the fact that
it’s a collaboration between two holy men. The Dalai Lama says somewhere in it
that this is a practice for everyone, and they want to make it accessible to
non-religious folks as well.
Chapters are organized by topic, highlighting different
aspects of joy and questions about them. At the end of the book, numerous
meditation examples are outlined, to help with cultivating joy in the reader’s
life.
I found this book to be a ton of fun to read, it’s wonderful
getting to know all of the authors while at the same time learning from them. I
hope to someday be able to approach life like them, but we’ll see what happens
haha. Reading this book seems to be a good place to start though.
No comments:
Post a Comment