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Open to Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Open to DesireA Buddhist psychoanalyst and bestselling author of three books on uniting Western psychology and Eastern spirituality shares his insights on his most commercial subject matter yet--what can be learned from the paradox of desires.
Full description- Publisher: GOTHAM BOOKS
- Published: 30 January 2006
- Format: Paperback 240 pages
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- Categories: Psychology | Psychoanalytical Theory (Freudian Psychology) | Buddhism | Other Non-Christian Religions | Theology
- ISBN 13: 9781592401857 ISBN 10: 1592401856
- Sales rank: 90,396
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Full description for Open to Desire
"A masterpiece. . . . It teaches us how not to fear and repress, but to rechannel and harness the most powerful energies of life toward freedom and bliss." --ROBERT THURMAN It is common in both Buddhism and Freudian psychoanalysis to treat desire as if it is the root of all suffering and problems, but psychiatrist Mark Epstein believes this to be a grave misunderstanding. In his controversial defense of desire, he makes clear that it is the key to deepening intimacy with ourselves, each other, and our world. Proposing that spiritual attainment does not have to be detached from intimacy or eroticism, "Open to Desire" begins with an exploration of the state of dissatisfaction that causes us to cling to irrational habits. Dr. Epstein helps readers overcome their own fears of desire so that they can more readily bridge the gap between self and other, cope with feelings of incompletion, and get past the perception of others as objects. Freed from clinging and shame, desire's spiritual potential can then be opened up.
