Wounded Wisdom: A Buddhist and Christian Response to Evil, Hurt and Harm
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    [synopsis] => Most of us have lived through painful, humiliating or traumatic experiences, leaving us haunted and conditioned, by reactions that trap us in ongoing cycles of feeling hurt and hurting others. And, on the wider political scale, we have obviously yet to learn the art of responding well to the hurts of terrorism, exploitation, or more local conflicts of interest. Either, we resort to reciprocal violence, or claim too readily the status of innocent victim. The book begins by looking at three predominant negative responses. It then draws on a variety of traditions from the author's own Buddhist Christian perspective, exploring how deep meditation can help take us beyond the negative narratives of hurt. The author finds ambivalent but broadly positive images in childhood innocence and the tragicomic fool, and urges the importance of a radical and unconditional forgiveness of self and others that is, grounded, in both Buddhist Emptiness and the risen Christ. By these means, the habit of accusation that so easily dominates self and society can give way to humor and mutual wonder.
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