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When Things Fall Apart
- Heart Advice for Difficult Times
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Philosophy
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Enjoyed Pema; Questions Less So
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Never enough
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Well worth your time and money
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This audiobook by Pema Chödrön, the renowned American Buddhist nun, offers short, stand-alone sections designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. More than a collection of thoughts for the day, Comfortable with Uncertainty offers a progressive program of spiritual study, leading the listener through essential concepts, themes, and practices on the Buddhist path.
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So helpful as usual
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Publisher's Summary
Pema Chödrön's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth, and makes for a perfect addition to one's spiritual library.
How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart - when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Chödrön suggests, might be just the opposite of what you expect. Here, in her most beloved and acclaimed work, Pema shows that moving toward painful situations and becoming intimate with them can open up our hearts in ways we never before imagined. Drawing from traditional Buddhist wisdom, she offers life-changing tools for transforming suffering and negative patterns into habitual ease and boundless joy.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-05-06
So much GRATITUDE. The best words at just the right time
This book was suggested to me at a time of great suffering. When I finally picked it up to listen, it was exactly what I needed to hear for my next level of evolution and healing. These teachings brought together all the lessons I had learned along the way and showed me a way out. I recommend this book to anyone on a spiritual path, anyone trying to make a difference in the world and anyone feeling great or having a troubling time. To me, this is the perfect book.
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- MyKey
- 2018-09-05
Good read
I’m a black and white kind of person, so when a book is filled with spirituality, I often drift off. This book, however, had a great blend of spirituality and facts that can be directly translated into actionable steps. It helped me to step out of the black and white so I could see things through others’ eyes.
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- M
- 2018-04-30
Exactly the book I needed
This book is tailor-made for anyone struggling with a situation that is generating difficult thoughts and uncomfortable feelings within them. It's especially powerful for those already on a spiritual path as well as for those feeling open and receptive to new Wisdom in the midst of dark times. This book described my internal experience and it shifted my whole reality. I am so grateful for the friend that reccommended it to me, and I will be sure to pass it along.
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- Samantha
- 2019-07-05
Beautiful book.
New to mindfulness but this book was so helpful and centering to me. Would recommend to everyone. I know I will return to this book when I am feeling fearful or struggling with suffering. It will remind me to let go.
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- Jennifer Herzog
- 2018-06-09
Wisdom
Pema's teachings have been my bible throughout many difficult times. May all beings benefit. Thank you.
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- Urszula Muntean
- 2018-06-03
great book!
I love the book & it's message but I didn't enjoy the readers tone with which the book was read. But really love the messages in this book. Wonderful words of wisdom. Highly recommend it!
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- Dawn
- 2020-05-19
A must read in these times
What an amazing gift of a book of teachings. Now, in 2020, this is relevant more than ever. A shift for the mind, for perspective, for the future. I wish this book was taught in school. Enjoy.
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- Swishy
- 2019-11-29
Powerful and provoked insight
This was a powerful variety of talks that kept me thinking deep and delighted in every moment. I finished the entire book and then had to go back to listen to it again it was so good. I wanted to deepen my first perspective.
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- orrisimo
- 2018-03-27
Great Book, Peculiar Narrator
Pema is one of the voices I turn to, over and over. And I was grateful to find this classic available as an audiobook. As it began to play, I had an inkling of recognition. The narrator’s pouty, flirty voice sounded like she was at once drinking a fancy red while trying to sell you a luxury condo. And I realized this not-unintelligent voice was the one I had just heard narrating Molly’s Game— to which she was perfectly suited. Here, I spent so much energy baffled by and trying to hear the meaning behind the words the narrator seemed to have little understanding of herself, that the whole thing became an exercise in watching and noting the judgmental reactive mind. Which, I suppose, Pema might say is perfect. But I’m maybe not that enlightened. I’m grateful to have the book, but would love to hear Pema read it.
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- Shiva
- 2018-07-04
Cassandra was not a good choice for a narrator
I have heard at least six audiobooks narrated by Cassandra and I consider her to be a great narrator. However, this particular book is really suffering because of Cassandra’s reading style and voice quality. The outcome is not soothing and calming. It is not even friendly. Most people who reach for this title are probably experiencing emotional pain and suffering to some degree. Therefore, it would have been great to listen to a voice with a timbre that is more deep and calming, and a narrator whose style is less matter-of-fact. When Pema was writing this book, my sense is that her intention was that her words would land in our minds in a clear, yet comforting and encouraging way. Cassandra’s interpretation makes these sentences and words have a pointy feel and look in my mind. The content is immensely valuable and so I hope that Pema and the publishers will decide to record another audio version of this book. Thanks!
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- DL
- 2018-03-30
Beautiful Book, Wrong Narrator
Would you listen to When Things Fall Apart again? Why?
Honestly, no. I'd read it or listen with a different narrator.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. I had to take many breaks and could only listen to Cassandra Campbell's narration for short periods of time. She's a fine reader, but her style is much too affected and stagy, almost like she's trying to sound seductive or flirtatious. It felt really distracting and wrong for this book, where you just want to experience the author's direct teachings, and not have the narrator inserting themselves or their weird interpretation into it. And yeah, I get the irony of being so annoyed by something like this when I'm trying to listen to Buddhist teachings. Oh well!
55 people found this helpful
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- Mia
- 2018-03-07
Heavy must
I would not recommend it in the start of a crisis because it’s hardcore and very true to the Buddha’s teaching. For a crisis I recommend “True refuge” by Tara Brach. This book is perfect when you have gotten a little less crushed. I was thirteen when this book came out, due to reduced vision I prayed for an audio edition. I pre-ordered. and in some periods I listened to one essay. The last week I have used this as a retreat. Everyone should listen in, you might need to listen over and over but it will soften your soul because it is the way of the Dharma in any form. Cassandra Campbell has the perfect velvet-voice for this classic. Om mani padme hung(hung in Pali, hum in Sanskrit.)
14 people found this helpful
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- Joy
- 2018-01-12
Not the right narrator
I listened to Pema for the first time on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday. I was so intrigued by her and her story. I immediately related to her struggles through her relationships and decided to get her book. Her tone is so warm and sincere. That is originally part of what drew me in. When selecting reads that I am connected to on a spiritual and personal level, I’m hoping the voice reading back to me is easily relatable. I didn’t feel this was the right narrator for this story. Her voice didn’t connect with me.
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- John Ziegenfuss
- 2018-11-13
it's the end of the world and I feel fine
I have struggled with ADHD and fought against depression for most of my 38 years. I've never felt like I was playing with a full deck of cards. This book helped me work on adapting my mindset and see alternative outlooks in myself. I'd been curious about this title for a while and I'm glad I checked it out now. I think that it will be something that I listen to again and again. Two thumbs up! <3
8 people found this helpful
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- Robin Freeman
- 2018-07-06
Delivery not for me
I am reading the book again, listening didn’t do anything for me. I think hearing Pema’s words read aloud is a personal thing, and the performance just didn’t work for me.
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- Rianto Bong
- 2018-02-15
my great gratitude
Im grateful and thankful to Pema, this is a book to help me relate to great teaching of buddha. sadhu sadhu sadhu..
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- Justine Laliberte
- 2018-04-11
amazing read.
this book is a great tool to change your perception pf any situation, master your mood and be kinder to others. Really refreshing and non judgemental or full of BS.
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- MonteyChriss
- 2018-05-16
wonderful book
wonderful book as usual from Pema Chodron. simple and touching great reading performance. I highly recommend
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