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The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness
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- Founded:
- Paperback Released: June 2009
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- Website:
- http://www.compassionatelife.com
- Company Overview:
- Marc Ian Barasch is a non-fiction author, film and television writer-producer, magazine editor, and environmental activist.
Major books Marc has written include The Healing Path (1992), Remarkable Recovery (1995), Healing Dreams (2001) and Field Notes on the Compassionate Life (2005).
Marc has been an editor at New Age Journal (which won a National Magazine Award and a Washington Monthly Award for Investigative Journalism under his tenure); Psychology Today (where he was a finalist for the... (read more) - Mission:
- With a keen balance of hope and realism, Marc Barasch sets out on a journey to the heart of compassion, discovering its power to change who we are and the society we might become. He describes encounters with empathetic apes, as well as with Buddhist monks whose brain scans prove the power of compassion practice; with a man who donated a kidney to a stranger and another who forgave his daughter's murderer; with teenage Palestinian and Israeli girls trying to wage peace; even with astronomers trying to send a missive to E.T. that we're not only clever but kind.
With unfailing curiosity, Barasch poses vital questions: What can we learn from exceptionally empathetic people? Can we increase our compassion quotient? How do we open our hearts to those who do us harm? What if the great driving force of our evolution were actually "survival of the kindest"? Drawing on science and spirituality, history and popular culture, button-down business and a high sense of fun, he creates a smart, provocative argument that a simple shift in consciousness can change "pretty much everything." - Products:
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Praise for The Compassionate Life:
"An argument for compassion that is balanced yet persuasive--and long overdue. This book ought to be a compulsory read for all."
--Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
"Marc Barasch shares with the best science writers an ability to make you feel the excitement of discovery. His book will interest anyone who struggles to be kinder in a not-so-kind world."
--Washington Post
"Barasch uses humor and fine reporting...Rather than a whifty compendium of spiritual musings, The Compassionate Life builds upon relevant observations from surprising sources."
--People