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Finding Freedom in Illness Audiobook by Peter Fernando
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Title: Finding Freedom in Illness
Subtitle: A Guide to Cultivating Deep Well-Being Through Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
Author: Peter Fernando
Narrator: Roger Clark
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-19-16
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration
Publisher's Summary:
Buddhist wisdom for finding freedom and insight through spiritual practice in the midst of illness and pain.
"Let your illness be your spiritual teacher!"
Make a statement like that to someone who's struggled for years with, say, rheumatoid arthritis, and be prepared for an eye roll (at best). To Peter Fernando's credit, he makes that statement, and no such impulse arises. We believe him because he's been there himself and because he backs up the statements with his own real experiences and with real wisdom from Buddhist teachings. Peter starts by defusing the pernicious belief that anyone is somehow responsible for their illness: You're not "wrong" for being sick. Then, having gotten past self-blame, one can begin to learn self-kindness.
From there one moves to mindfulness practices and cultivating body awareness - even if body awareness is distasteful when the body isn't behaving the way you like. Further topics include getting intimate with dark emotions (fear, despair, the scary future, frustration, grief, etc.), learning equanimity (rejoicing in the good fortune of those who don't share your suffering), cultivating healthy relationships in the midst of everything, and practical advice for living with pain. Each chapter comes with one or more practices or guided meditations for putting the teachings into practice.
Members Reviews:
Great book, wrong narrator
This is the best book Ive read on living life with a chronic illness. The author really goes in-depth with the challenges that long-term illness brings up in ones emotional, psychological and spiritual life. Experience with meditation definitely helps one to understand the content of this book.
The narrator is wonderful but, I feel, not the right narrator for this book. His voice is regal and dramatic. He is a very good narrator for a different type of book. My opinion is that this book would have been better with a more neutral voice and intonation. Personally, I found this mismatch distracting but it is still really worth listening to this book!
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Title: Finding Freedom in Illness
Subtitle: A Guide to Cultivating Deep Well-Being Through Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
Author: Peter Fernando
Narrator: Roger Clark
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-19-16
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration
Publisher's Summary:
Buddhist wisdom for finding freedom and insight through spiritual practice in the midst of illness and pain.
"Let your illness be your spiritual teacher!"
Make a statement like that to someone who's struggled for years with, say, rheumatoid arthritis, and be prepared for an eye roll (at best). To Peter Fernando's credit, he makes that statement, and no such impulse arises. We believe him because he's been there himself and because he backs up the statements with his own real experiences and with real wisdom from Buddhist teachings. Peter starts by defusing the pernicious belief that anyone is somehow responsible for their illness: You're not "wrong" for being sick. Then, having gotten past self-blame, one can begin to learn self-kindness.
From there one moves to mindfulness practices and cultivating body awareness - even if body awareness is distasteful when the body isn't behaving the way you like. Further topics include getting intimate with dark emotions (fear, despair, the scary future, frustration, grief, etc.), learning equanimity (rejoicing in the good fortune of those who don't share your suffering), cultivating healthy relationships in the midst of everything, and practical advice for living with pain. Each chapter comes with one or more practices or guided meditations for putting the teachings into practice.
Members Reviews:
Great book, wrong narrator
This is the best book Ive read on living life with a chronic illness. The author really goes in-depth with the challenges that long-term illness brings up in ones emotional, psychological and spiritual life. Experience with meditation definitely helps one to understand the content of this book.
The narrator is wonderful but, I feel, not the right narrator for this book. His voice is regal and dramatic. He is a very good narrator for a different type of book. My opinion is that this book would have been better with a more neutral voice and intonation. Personally, I found this mismatch distracting but it is still really worth listening to this book!