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The present chapter is a close ally of the previous chapter on the lost art of sadness, and though there may be overlapping issues, this chapter has a specific mission in narrating my own journey through grief, sadness and mild depression and a return to a vibrant, expansive and enriching emergence of a ‘new sense of self’ within me. The issues can easily be shared as there are both clients and therapist who have gone through a similar journey of loss, grief and an expansive sense of love and compassion. Also, going through a different dimension of a personal narrative, this chapter strengthens the claims of the last chapter.
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Sameet Kumar, 2005, Grieving Mindfully, New Harbinger, Oakland, CA, p. 9.
Lome Ladner, 2004, The Lost Art of Compassion, HarperCollins, New York.
Martha Nussbaum, 2001, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Sumedho Thero, 1992, The Four Noble Truths, Amaravati Publications, Hemel Hempstead, p. 41.
Acharya Buddharakkhita, 1989, The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy.
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de Silva, P. (2014). Understanding and Managing Grief: When the Desert Begins to Bloom. In: An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology and Counselling. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137287557_17
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