The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them.

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I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get...

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get...

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from...

Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from...

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions...

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions...

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend...

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend...

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training...

My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training...

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are...

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are...

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then...

If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then...

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal...

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal...

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional...

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional...

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't...

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously...

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously...

When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted...

When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted...

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or...

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or...

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over...

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over...

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.