How to Be Sick_ A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers

Abstract

Foreword by Sylvia Boorstein ; Preface ; How Everything Changed ; 1. Getting Sick: A Romantic Trip to Paris ; 2. Staying Sick: This Can’t Be Happening to Me ; Accepting Pain ; 3. The Buddha Tells It Like It Is ; 4. The Universal Law of Impermanence ; 5. Who Is Sick? ; Finding Joy and Love; 6. Finding Joy in the Life You Can No Longer Lead ; 7. Soothing the Body, Mind, and Heart ; 8. Using Compassion to Alleviate Your Suffering ; 9. Facing the Ups and Downs of Chronic Illness with Equanimity ; 10. Getting Off the Wheel of Suffering ; 11. Tonglen: Spinning Straw into Gold ; 12. With Our Thoughts We Make the World ; 13. Healing the Mind by Living in the Present Moment ; 14. What to Do When (It Seems) You Can’t Do Anything ; 15. Zen Helps ; From Isolation to Solitude ; 16. Communicating with Care ; 17. The Struggle to Find Community in Isolation ; 18. And in the End ; A Guide to Using the Practices to Help with Specific Challenges ; With Gratitude ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author ;