The Great Heart Way: How to Heal Your Life and Find Self-Fulfillment

By Gerry Shishin Wick and Ilia Shinko Perez

Book Overview

Self-compassion. Positive social relations. An enduring sense of freedom and peace. They're essential parts of our everyday lives, or should be. But each of us struggles with difficult emotions and mental blockages: we might lash out when we should know better, or regress in negatively familiar situations, or struggle with our confidence. These types of problematic reactions occur--and recur--when we're unkind to and negligent of our inner selves. The Great Heart Way offers us all a way to heal inner wounds and transform our difficult emotions. Anyone can try it, and everyone should. Using clear language and personal anecdotes, The Great Heart Way shows how to follow the Great Heart Method, an efficacious program for healing and self-fulfillment. The Method is easily incorporated into busy schedules (it can take less than 30 minutes per day), and is accessible to all, regardless of spiritual background. The Great Heart Way gives readers the tools to safely work through uncovered emotional pain and establish a healthier, happier and well-balanced way of thinking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861715136
• ISBN13: 9780861715138
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

So...

So how many books have I read on Buddhism? About a trillion (perhaps a slight exaggeration but...) What is it about The Great Heart Way: How to Heal Your Life and Find Self - Fulfillment that has captured my attention? Perhaps it's because of the elegant writing, which reveals a deep collaboration between the two authors that is almost impossible to achieve, perhaps it's their linkage with one of the great Buddhist teachers, Taizan Maezumi Roshi of the White Plum Assanga. What the book reveals to me is the evolution of Zen Buddhism in this peculiar country of ours where the early teachers recognized that there was fertile ground for the teaching of Buddhism in a climate that was particularly suited for Zen and that they shared their insights with a new generation of Zen teachers. Despite the how to aspect of the title, The Great Heart Way rather "points the way" to some of the best aspects of Zen, but as our teachers tell us, "It's nothing special." Still and all, I heartily recommend The Great Heart Way with five stars and all, and now if you'll excuse me, it's time for meditation.

Helpful and Clear

The Great Heart Way is a wonderful and insightful book that was a joy to read. The exercises were clear and to the point and related directly to the examples presented. As a long time practioner of meditation, I was impressed to find a book that approaches the emotional dimension of meditation, while still remaining relevant to my daily life. The Great Heart Way has created a very useful tool for me to implement when I find myself stuck in old negative patterns. Highly recommended!