How to Be Sick: A Buddhist Inspired Guide for The Chronically Illand Their Caregivers (Paperback)

How to Be Sick: A Buddhist Inspired Guide for The Chronically Illand Their Caregivers Book Description

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A Spirituality & Practice Best Spiritual Books of 2010 winner. This life-affirming, instructive and thoroughly inspiring book is a must-read for anyone who isor who might one day besick. And it can also be the perfect gift of guidance, encouragement, and uplifting inspiration to family, friends, and loved ones struggling with the many terrifying or disheartening life changes that come so close on the heels of a diagnosis of a chronic condition or even life-threatening illness. The authorwho became ill while a university law professor in the prime of her careertells the reader how she got sick and, to her and her partners bewilderment, stayed that way. Toni had been a longtime meditator, going on long meditation retreats and spending many hours rigorously practicing, but soon discovered that she simply could no longer engage in those difficult and taxing forms. She had to learn ways to make being sick the heart of her spiritual practiceand through truly learning how to be sick, she learned how, even with many physical and energetic limitations, to live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy. And whether we ourselves are sick now or not, we can learn these vital arts of living well from How to Be Sick.

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