The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life

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Penguin, 2007 - 288 стор.
"A book after my own heart!"—His Holiness The Dalai Lama

The Power of Kindness is a stirring examination of a simple but profound concept. Piero Ferrucci, one of the world's most respected transpersonal psychologists, explores the many surprising facets of kindness and argues that it is this trait that will not only lead to our own individual happiness and the happiness of those around us, but will guide us in a world that has become cold, anxious, difficult, and frightening.
Piero Ferrucci warns against the dangers of "global cooling." As the pace of living grows faster and the impact of new technologies more insistent, communications become hurried and impersonal. The drive for profit overrides the heart. Warmth and genuine presence fade.

In eighteen interlocking chapters, Dr. Ferrucci reveals that the kindest people are the most likely to thrive, to enable others to thrive, and to slowly but steadily turn our world away from violence, self-centeredness, and narcissism- and toward love. Writing with a rare combination of sensitivity and intellectual depth, Dr. Ferrucci shows that, ultimately, kindness is not a luxury in our world but rather a necessity for us all.
 
 

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Introduction
1
HONESTY
15
WARMTH
27
FORGIVENESS
39
CONTACT 53
53
SENSE OF BELONGING
67
TRUST 80
80
MINDFULNESS
93
RESPECT
161
FLEXIBILITY
179
MEMORY
194
LOYALTY
209
GRATITUDE
224
SERVICE
236
JOY
253
CONCLUSION
265

EMPATHY
107
HUMILITY
122
PATIENCE
134
GENEROSITY
147

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Про автора (2007)

Piero Ferrucci, a former student of and collaborator with transpersonal psychologist Roberto Assagioli, is a staff member of the Psychosynthesis Institute of Florence, Italy, and the International Federation of Medical Psychotherapy. He is the author of What We May Be, Inevitable Grace, What Our Children Teach Us and Your Inner Will (2014), among other titles. He lives in the Tuscan countryside with his wife and children.

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