Where can we find illumination and support when we most need it? Inside each of us is an inner light that I call The One Who Knows, writes Jack Kornfield. Awakening to this wisdom can help us find our way through pain and suffering with courage, grace, and tenderness. For anyone seeking answers during a time of trial or confusion, he now offers A Lamp in the Darkness, a new book-and-CD program filled with spiritual and psychological insights, hope-giving stories, and special guided meditations to skillfully navigate lifes inevitable storms. With deep understanding and compassionate warmth, Jack Kornfield illuminates a safeand sanepathway through difficulty, as we explore practices created for times of crisis but applicable and useful throughout our daily lives:
Equanimity and Peacehow to hold the sorrows and struggles of our world and ourselves in balance while seeing the great peace behind it all
Forgivenessfor releasing the past and breaking down barriers to all that is closed in the heart
Setting Your Highest Intentiona guide for awakening to the shining beauty and potential of the human spiritHard times come to everyone. With A Lamp in the Darkness, we have a trusted guide and friend with whom we can face the road ahead in presence, love, and openness.

Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma. He is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, and has taught meditation internationally since 1974. His books include After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace; Meditation for Beginners; and The Wise Heart.

	Foreword    by Jon Kabat-Zinn		ix
		Introduction: An Invitation to Awaken		1
		1.	The Wisdom of Our Difficulties	3
		2.	The Earth Is My Witness	13
		3.	3Shared Compassion	21
		4.	Awakening the Buddha of Wisdom in Difficulties	29
		5.	The Practice of Forgiveness	35
		6.	The Temple of Healing	43
		7.	The Zen of an Aching Heart	49
		8.	Equanimity and Peace	55
		9.	Your Highest Intention	63
		10.	The Four Foundations of Mindfulness and the Healing Journey	69
		Afterword: The Return of Joy		95
		Acknowledgments		99
		Notes		101
		About the Author		103