The World's Fearlessness Teachings

The World's Fearlessness Teachings
Author: R. Michael Fisher
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0761849157

The World's Fearlessness Teachings addresses the human fear problem in a truly unique and insightful way, summarizing the teachings on fearlessness from around the world and throughout history. The author then utilizes critical integral theory (a la Wilber) as an approach to categorize the developmental and evolutionary spectrum of fear management systems known thus far. The author has spent twenty years researching the timely topic of fear and how to best manage and transform it. From this experience, he offers an educational healing vision to address the challenges of a dangerous 21st century. Fear's empire has taken rule. It is time to resist it using the best intelligence from both sacred and secular traditions, as well as the transformational theories humanity has to offer. Fisher maps out ten fear management systems that will benefit future-positive leaders everywhere.

World's Fearlessness Teachings

World's Fearlessness Teachings
Author: R. Michael Fisher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2010
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The author outlines a unique transdisciplinary method for studying fear and fearlessness, with emphasis on a new conceptualization "World's Fearlessness Teachings" (i.e., Fearlessness Tradition) and their critical importance, across time and cultures, to better manage and teach fear management in the 21st century. Extracts from the author's new book "The World's Fearlessness Teachings: A Critical Integral Approach to Fear Management/Education for the 21st Century" (University Press of America, 2010) are included. The paper concludes that "experts" in the area of fear management/education are generally unwilling to try a transdisciplinary approach because it is more work and less pragmatic. The author admits his methodology is radical, while grounded in an evolutionary realism-idealism model, and few "experts" in fear management are interested in it, so far. The field of Education ought to lead this (r)evolutionary approach and utilize the resource of the World's Fearlessness Teachings to do so. (Contains 19 footnotes. Includes a table of contents to the author's book as an appendix.).

Comfortable with Uncertainty

Comfortable with Uncertainty
Author: Pema Chödrön
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2008
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1590305558

Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chodron offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help readers cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living.

Natural Bravery

Natural Bravery
Author: Gaylon Ferguson
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-02-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1590309731

How to find freedom from fear: Buddhist teachings that really work, from a respected contemporary teacher. Fear is something that's such a part of our lives that it doesn't seem it would be possible to live without it. This book disputes that claim in a powerful way. Gaylon Ferguson presents traditional Buddhist teachings to show that the fear that so often wreaks havoc on us is in fact quite insubtantial—and it's mostly something we create ourselves. If we can learn to see that, it becomes pretty simple to un-create it, and we also discover that there's a natural fearlessness in us that goes far deeper than fear. With this natural bravery as our foundation, we can live our own lives more effectively and also be a better help and comfort to others.

Resistances to Fearlessness

Resistances to Fearlessness
Author: R. Michael Fisher
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2021-05-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1664105077

The current dominating worldview and its paradigms of operations are unhealthy and unsustainable. Ecological, economic, political and psychological health are at stake. As experts in a philosophy of fearism, they apply a critical perspective on the dominant Fear Paradigm as root cause of the global crises in the 21st century. They offer a worldview shift via the Fearlessness Paradigm. This is a second major book on this topic, of which the first was Fisher’s The World’s Fearlessness Teachings (2010). This follow-up book is deep, punchy and provocative. It points to the failure of the world to understand the spirit of fearlessness that has existed from the beginning of Life some four billion years ago. The authors, from diverse backgrounds, point to the resistances that work against the recognition and development of the natural ‘gift’ of fearlessness and the design of a Fearlessness Paradigm, both which can counter the abuses of the Fear Paradigm. With extensive research and philosophical thought, the authors dialogue in a fresh imaginative way to help readers and leaders in all walks of life to better understand what resistances they may have to escaping from what Fisher calls the ‘Fear’ Matrix.

Practicing Peace in Times of War

Practicing Peace in Times of War
Author: Pema Chöön
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2007
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1590305000

"War and peace begin in the hearts of individuals," declares Pema Chodron in her inspiring and accessible new book, which draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of aggression and war.

Living Fearless

Living Fearless
Author: Jamie Winship
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2022-06-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493436376

Jamie Winship spent nearly 30 years living and working in conflict zones, and during that time he has learned an important truth: all human conflict originates from fear, and fear originates from a false view of God, ourselves, and others. Until we exchange what's false for what's real, we will never experience being fully alive, fully human, and fully free. Unpacking the power of knowing our true identity in Christ, Winship takes us on a journey of telling ourselves the truth, changing our mindsets, and experiencing actual life transformation that leads to radical courage in the face of all that life throws at us. With humor, clarity, and real-life practicality, Living Fearless is your invitation to listen closely to what God is trying to say to you about himself, about the person he created you to be--and also about all those other people he created and loves. If you want to discover the incredible difference abiding in Christ will make in your life and faith, get ready to do "a new thing" with God.

Fear

Fear
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0062123815

“Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a message from our very own heart….Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most important voices of our time, and we have never needed to listen to him more than now.” —Sogyal Rinpoche Fear is destructive, a pervasive problem we all face. Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar, peace activist, and one of the foremost spiritual leaders in the world—a gifted teacher who was once nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr.—Thich Nhat Hanh has written a powerful and practical strategic guide to overcoming our debilitating uncertainties and personal terrors. The New York Times said Hanh, “ranks second only to the Dalai Lama” as the Buddhist leader with the most influence in the West. In Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting through the Storm, Hanh explores the origins of our fears, illuminating a path to finding peace and freedom from anxiety and offering powerful tools to help us eradicate it from our lives

The Places That Scare You

The Places That Scare You
Author: Pema Chödrön
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2007
Genre: Buddhism
ISBN: 1590304497

From the bestselling author of "When Things Fall Apart" comes a book that reveals that the secret to cultivating a compassionate heart and an enlightened mind lies in facing what we are most afraid of.

Smile at Fear

Smile at Fear
Author: Chögyam Trungpa
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0834821486

Insights and strategies for claiming victory over fear, from “one of the most remarkable and brilliant teachers of modern times” (Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart) Many of us, without even realizing it, are dominated by fear. We might be aware of some of our fears—perhaps we are afraid of public speaking, of financial hardship, or of losing a loved one. Chögyam Trungpa shows us that most of us suffer from a far more pervasive fearfulness: fear of ourselves. We feel ashamed and embarrassed to look at our feelings or acknowledge our styles of thinking and acting; we don’t want to face the reality of our moment-to-moment experience. It is this fear that keeps us trapped in cycles of suffering, despair, and distress. In Smile at Fear, Chögyam Trungpa offers us a vision of moving beyond fear to discover the innate bravery, trust, and delight in life that lies at the core of our being. Drawing on the Shambhala Buddhist teachings, he explains how we can each become a spiritual warrior—a person who faces each moment of life with openness and fearlessness.