We all face tough times. But how can we meet these situations with a compassionate heart and a clear mind? "Inside each of us is an inner light that I call 'The One Who Knows,'" teaches Jack Kornfield. "Awakening to this wisdom can help us find our way through pain and suffering with grace, tenderness, and curiosity." Guided Meditations for Difficult Times gives us eight new practices for reconnecting to our inner guide to skillfully navigate life's storms. With his warm teaching style and gift for storytelling, Jack Kornfield invites us to discover: Equanimity and Peace-how to hold the sorrows and struggles of our world and ourselves with balance, while seeing the great peace behind it all
Shared Compassion-a revolutionary practice for learning to experience painful situations with understanding and care
Forgiveness-for releasing the past and breaking down barriers to all that is closed in the heart