{"product_id":"patience-isbn-9781585429004","title":"Patience","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"As founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center  in New York, Allan Lokos has an arsenal of tools for coping with  stressful situations.\" - Rachel Lee Harris, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo survive the roller-coaster ride of life, with its ever-changing  shifts from pleasure to pain, gain to loss, and praise to blame, requires  a substantial depth of patience. In this life-changing book, Allan Lokos  sheds new light on this much-sought-after state of mind, and provides a  road map for cultivating greater patience in one's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Lokos, to develop a depth of patience we must first  acknowledge the unhappiness caused by our impatience and anger in its  many manifestations-from mild annoyance to rage. In this revelatory book,  Lokos draws on his many years as a Buddhist practitioner and spiritual  teacher, as well as interviews with a wide range of individuals who have  had their patience tested-often dramatically so-and lays out a compelling  path to the heart of patience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\"Along with suggesting exercises and meditation practices for  cultivating mindfulness and patience, Lokos offers testimonials from  individuals who have enhanced their lives by learning patience. His  laugh-out-loud chapter on raising children is a treasure. A great deal of  the world's problems could be solved by taking Lokos's advice.\" — \u003cb\u003eSusan DeGrane, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book, both practical and profound, is a wonderful demonstration of  just how to bring patience and a new way of being right into our daily  lives. It is filled with insight, warmth, and compassion.\" — \u003cb\u003eSharon Salzberg, author of \u003ci\u003eReal Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e and  \u003ci\u003eLovingkindness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Allan Lokos has a depth of experience that is woven throughout this fine  book. He reaches with both mind and heart into the nature of patience. As  Lewis and Clark mapped our way into the timeless beauty of the Northwest,  Lokos is a very wise and human guide who breaks trail into the country of  patience, marking all the sacred sites along the way and honoring all the  sacred guides who have come before.\" — \u003cb\u003eMark Nepo, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Down-to-earth, full of ways to become more patient in challenging  situations at home and at work, this book helps you develop one of the  most important of all virtues for fast-paced, stressful, and often  frustrating life today.\" — \u003cb\u003eRick Hanson, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eBuddha's Brain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this gem of a book Allan Lokos invites us to attend to and practice  what is perhaps the most overlooked of all spiritual qualities. Patience  is an important read for everyone.\" — \u003cb\u003eAndrew Olendzki, Ph.D., Senior Scholar,  Barre Center\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Allan Lokos has written an essential and profound book that can change  your life. Spiritual growth is not like fast food. It takes time for its  roots to grow and that requires us to be receptive and patient.  \u003ci\u003ePatience\u003c\/i\u003e delves into its vital subject with wisdom and compassion  and offers us a path to our own higher self. Understanding the challenges  of our hurried and harried world, Lokos has written a remarkable and  practical guide to becoming a truly patient and spiritually effective  person.\" — \u003cb\u003eRabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, author of \u003ci\u003eJewish with Feeling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drawing on Buddhist teachings and his own deep wisdom, Allan Lokos  reminds us of the peace and freedom that is possible when we cultivate  genuine patience.  The stories and exercises give practical guidance in  coming home to an openhearted presence in the midst of difficulty. This  book is a compelling and beautiful invitation to pause and arrive fully  in our life.\" — \u003cb\u003eTara Brach, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eRadical Acceptance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAllan Lokos is the founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center in New York City. A former professional singer who was in the original Broadway company of \u003ci\u003eOliver!\u003c\/i\u003e among others, Lokos has published numerous articles and been a contributor to \u003ci\u003eTricycle\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. 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