Insight Dialogue: The Interpersonal Path to Freedom

By Gregory Kramer

Book Overview

Insight Dialogue is a way of bringing the tranquility and insight attained in meditation directly into your interactions with other people. It's a practice that involves interacting with a partner in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590304853
• ISBN13: 9781590304853
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Insight Dialogue gives me hope

I got the book fast, in great condition, for a great price. I am happy!

Mindful and open in the presence of others.

Insight Dialog gives useful techniques and guidance on how to be mindful and open in the presence of others. The instructions Pause, Relax, Open, Trust Emergence, Listen Deeply and Speak the Truth are the baseline for this relational practice. Thanks Gregory for your work and this book. Hoping to attend another "Insight Dialog" retreat with you in 2010! Sarva Mangalam!

A book for all with an interest in communication and personal awareness

As a long-time educator working with adults and children - and with an interest in Zen thought and interpersonal dynamics - I was intrigued by the title of this book. After a couple of chapters, I knew I would have to buy it as it was going to require a number of readings. There is a lot to digest here, but it's written in a very approachable and illuminating way. Gregory Kramer touches the heart of interpersonal dialogue with eloquence and refinement, and presents what you already know deeply about 'you' and your 'self'. You don't need to adhere to a philosophy or a religion to benefit from this excellent book.

DrDoodle

Insight Dialogue is a meditation practice bringing the qualities of deep meditation and interpersonal communication together. This sounds simple but the reader soon discovers an unpredictable depth and richness of experience is possible with Insight Dialogue. The book does a great job of describing the process, even providing some of the background and inspirations from which the practice emerged. While the book is indeed valuable and even capable of fostering keen insights within the mindful reader, this is after all, an experiential process or practice. I can say, having also taken Insight Dialogue retreats, that the book offers a glimpse of what this meditation practice has to offer. The retreats themselves are the thing. I highly recommend the book and also the retreats. You can go to [...] for more information.

Tomorrow's Spiritual Classic

Gregory Kramer, PhD, offers a teaching whose time has come, an important contribution for our individual and communal maturation, a teaching which can bring the contemplative dimension into all moments of life and all relationships. He shares means for communication and relationships to become tender and deeply nuanced - genuinely intimate. Through the relational practices Gregory offers, we cultivate wisdom and compassion in all lived experience; every facet of life becomes an opportunity for freedom and transformation. Read and practice these teachings one small step at a time, on your own or with others. The teaching will inspire and challenge mature practitioners and serve as a rich and timeless guide in life and relationship for those at all levels of experience.