Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience | 
|  | | | Title: | Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience | | Author: | Sharon Salzberg | | Publisher: | Riverhead Trade | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 02 September, 2003 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1573223409 / 9781573223409 | | List Price: | $14.00 | | You Save: | $2.80 | | Amazon Price: | $11.20 | |
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In this beautifully written work, one of America's most beloved meditation teachers offers discerning wisdom on understanding faith as a healing quality. Through the teachings of Buddha and insight gained from her lifelong spiritual quest, Salzberg provides us with a road map for cultivating a feeling of peace that can be practiced by anyone of any tradition.
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Bestselling author Sharon Salzberg explores the meaning of faith through her personal story about a harrowing childhood of isolation and loss (a father's abandonment, a mother's early death) and her eventual journey into the Buddhist tradition. The overriding message, explains Salzberg, is that faith is "not superficial or sentimental: it does not say everything will turn out all right." So what is faith, if not trust in a happy ending? Salzburg, the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society, explains that faith resides not in the outcome, but in the willingness to see the possibility for change."The first step on the journey of faith is to recognize that everything is moving onward to something else, inside us and outside.... We see that a self-image we've been holding doesn't need to define us forever, the next step is not the last step, what life was is not what it is now, and certainly not what it might yet be." Like the great teachers of Buddhism, Salzberg relies on her stories to make the teachings relevant. She shifts effortlessly from the voice of a memoirist to the voice of a master teacher. Through her insights, we come to understand faith as a verb. Faith means never giving up on the possibilities of each moment, always seeing "our own potential for happiness, for vibrant wisdom and sustained compassion--a potential that all beings share." --Gail Hudson
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Customer Reviews:
• Not What I Expected 28 May, 2008
The lack of stars does not indicate a poor quality of writer, but simply a more one-sided look at faith than I was expecting. The focus was on Buddhism. I was hoping for a more inclusive study.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3FA9MUYT5D2C8
• Relief 16 June, 2008
Reading this book gave me a deeper relief for my soul...Sharon's words are easy to understand and at the same time have a strong and deep message...having faith and getting a wider understanding about the events in our lives helps us to remain connected to our deepest truths...Sharon's view of faith is easy and available for us in our daily lifes!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1TFLGJN4IOYGT
• Truly Inspiring! 19 December, 2005
What is faith? To many it may mean the strict adherence to religious dogma, and/or the reason we may have been told not to question long-held beliefs - we are supposed to just "have faith" in the "rightness" of what we are being taught... Right???
However, in "Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience", Sharon Salzberg points out a quite different definition of faith. Faith, she says, comes about by our willingness to question what we've been taught - to ask ourselves if our experiences match what has been taught to us - do these teachings truly resonate with your soul?
Sharon also describes faith as our willingness to believe in ourselves - to believe that we have a right to be here, and a right to be happy. To be able to get through the bad times by having faith that it will get better - that change is inevitable, and some changes may be painful, but that we can get through it.
All of the ideas discussed in this book are intimately associated with the authors life - so you get to see how this one woman journeyed from a place of complete & utter pain and devastation, to a place where she has found faith. It's easy to relate to her and to all of the people she talks about - which has helped to make this book a very interesting, enjoyable read.
Although many of the ideas discussed are from a buddhist point of view, you do not have to be a buddhist to gain the wonderful insights provided - it's definitely a book for all people.
Overall, I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in spirituality - especially those who feel as if they are on a spiritual journey. It's a wonderfully written, interesting, enjoyable read - and as such, it has much to give.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1N2L9A6I686G5
• Great Insight 08 February, 2007
I have read one other book on Buddhism "Plain & Simple" by Steven Hagen and have been fascinated with the "alternative" outlook (alternative to most established religions) because of the fact that Buddhism is more about your own personal journey and discovery, than the preachings of religious institution. It also seems to be more "reality-based" in that is based on our own experiences rather than dogma. I first became aware of Sharon Salzberg through meaningoflife.tv where she is one of the interviewees. Her incredible calm and soothing confidence seems to leap through the screen. If you have any interest in deeper spiritual questions etc. check that site out.
As far as this book is concerned, I found it very generally to be very enjoyable. Her insights and experiences are very valuable in trying to use for ourselves in our own attempts to be aware and mindfull. The only reason I gave the book 3 stars is that it does have a bit of the "self-help" kind of feel to it at times, but this is probably more a reflection of my personal bias against that literary genre, than any major shortcoming of this book. I fully recommend this book, Ms. Salzberg's wisdom, and the mindfull path.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3M4H8TYA4N69F
• Page 55 11 December, 2007
Everything made sense to me on page 55. This book changed my life and I'm forever grateful.
I plan to give this as gifts this year to friends.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1FMS3QRKW1LTC
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