Buddhism has been applied to everything from parenting to golf, but until now no one has offered Buddhist principles as a healing path through divorce. In Storms Can't Hurt the Sky, Gabriel Cohen bravely delves into his personal experience-along with insights from Buddhist masters, parables, humor, social science studies, and interviews with other divorces-to provide a practical and very helpful guide to surviving the pain of any break-up. Focusing on the emotions most common in the dissolution of a relationship-anger, resentment, loss, and grief -- Storms Can't Hurt the Sky shows how thinking about these feelings in surprisingly different ways can lead to a radically better experience. This compulsively readable book offers sound advice and much-needed empathy for anyone dealing with a break-up.
ISBN-13: 9781600940507
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication Date: 02-05-2008
Pages: 288
Product Dimensions: 8.04(w) x 5.48(h) x 0.80(d)
Gabriel Cohen has written for the New York Times and Time Out New York and has taught writing at NYU. The author of three novels, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Table of Contents
Introduction xi
A wake-up call
Punching Holes 3
An Empty Cup 13
Does This Book Exist? 20
If Anger Wins 26
One for the Seesaw 30
If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me 36
What Is Buddhism? 43
Forgiveness 47
A Thin Line 55
You Aren't My Sunshine 61
Come on, get happy!
Saturday Night Fever 69
Happy Hour 75
Attachment at First Sight 79
Bollywood Under the Bridge 85
Nowhere to Run 91
Who's Number One? 97
Danger, Will Robinson! 105
Of Chambermaids and Kings 113
The Couch and the Cushion 118
Gold in the Dirt 123
Where Have All the Good Friends Gone? 131
If You Meet the Buddha 136
Raccoons 146
The Heart of the Matter 155
Beginner's Mind 163
Lighting the Loop 167
All Things Go 174
Arrows into flowers
Chops 183
Sitting 189
Transform Your Brain 196
Planets 204
Where There's a Will 214
Anatomy of an E-Mail 218
Other Voices 228
Still My Best Friend 241
A Plan of Action 245
A Buddhist Approach to Divorce, in Action 252
Buddhist Resources 259
Acknowledgments 265
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