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The first book we published forty years ago was Chögyam Trungpa’s Meditation in Action. It was a great success, and Trungpa went on to be one of the authors with whom we are most closely identified. People are sometimes surprised when new books by him appear—since he did, after all, pass away in 1987—but the fact is that he left behind such a wealth of teaching material that books by him will likely continue to appear in the years ahead, as his able students continue to compile and edit them. Here is the latest original book from our original author:
Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery Fear, more than anything else, is what keeps us trapped in cycles of suffering. But at the root of every fear, Chögyam Trungpa teaches, is the fear of ourselves. He shows that by seeing through this most basic of all fears and by getting in touch with the moment-to-moment reality of our existence, we can see how insubstantial fear really is—and we’ll discover the real bravery at the core of our being. There’s nothing insubstantial about that. Pema Chödrön says that “the teachings presented in this book are transformational—and especially relevant today, when so many of us are facing uncertainty and anxiety. I strongly recommend it to all those seeking awakening and freedom.”
The Five Ways We Grieve: Finding Your Personal Path to Healing after the Loss of a Loved One Are you a Nomad, a Memorialist, a Normalizer, an Activist, or a Seeker? Those are the five distinctive grieving “styles” Susan Berger has identified in her years as a bereavement counselor. Discovering your type is the key to finding consolation in the face of loss, moving beyond it, and learning from it. And recognizing someone else’s pattern can help you give them real aid and comfort when they need it most. This book is a wonderful resource for counselors, but also for anyone who’s dealing with loss, or who wants to make things easier for someone who is.
The Mandala Workbook: A Creative Guide for Self-Exploration, Balance, and Well-Being Nine years ago, we published a book called Coloring Mandalas. The author/designer was Susanne Fincher, a Jungian psychotherapist out of Georgia who had been teaching mandala making in workshops. It was a simple arrangement of designs for the circular images called mandalas that readers could fill in for themselves. It took us by surprise when the book took off like wildfire. People connected with it deeply, and it went on to spawn two more volumes of the same, which to date have sold over 128,000 copies. Not bad for a coloring book. It seems that Native Americans, Tibetan lamas, and C. G. Jung were onto something: there’s something about the creation of those circular designs that really can reveal deep inner truth. The Mandala Workbook is Susanne’s new, comprehensive guide to mandala work. Follow her guidance in making mandalas that express the twelve archetypal stages of growth, and discover things about yourself that will surprise you.
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way I did a quick online search and found more than twenty-five different translations of this great classic of Taoism without even trying very hard. There are probably a lot more too, and they all sell. Why? Because the Tao Te Ching contains almost limitless possibilities for interpretation. Each English version is the record of a unique encounter between a particular individual and the beguiling text, and each different reading reveals something of its truth without coming close to exhausting it. One particular individual whose encounter with the Taoist classic has been especially fascinating to us is the novelist Ursula K. Le Guin. She’s studied and lived with the text for much of her life, and her thoughtful version highlights its simple profundity, its humor, and its application to lived experience. Bound into this little hardcover gift edition are two audio CDs that contain Ursula’s reading of the complete text aloud, with musical accompaniment. That’s it for news this month. Drop us a line—we love to hear from you. Until next month, |
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