In this complex modern world of ours, most people spend our lives getting more money, getting a nicer car, getting a fancy home, getting a mate even getting health and happiness. Thus many of us are addicted to alcohol, drugs, food, sex or gambling -or to our money, our homes, our cars, our televisions, or our social circles. Based on the Four Noble Truths laid down 2500 years ago by Gautama the Buddha, The Joy Beyond Craving explains how true happiness is found, not in getting as much as we can for ourselves, but in letting go of the self-centered cravings that drive us to struggle in this way.
Joy Beyond Craving: A Buddhist Perspective on Addiction and Recovery, Joni Kay Rose, Desert Wordsmith Productions, Paperback, 120 pp., $14.00
A freelance writer since 1985, Rev. Joni Kay Rose has had articles published in a variety of local and national periodicals, from OMNI to NEW MEXICO WOMAN. She completed THE JOY BEYOND CRAVING: A Buddhist Perspective on Addiction and Recovery in 2003, and OVER THE GENDER RAINBOW in 2011. Both books were published by Desert Wordsmith Productions. A student of Buddhism for over twenty years, she has also been for many years an active participant in Twelve-Step recovery programs. An experienced counselor, hypnotherapist, teacher, and public speaker, she holds a BA in Anthropology and a Master of Divinity Degree.
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