The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness: How Awareness Is the Beginning and End of Suffering

From the author ofThe Art of Living a Meaningless Existencecomes a moving, accessible, and ultimately hopeful series of meditations on the gifts and burdens of self-awareness. Whether we realize it or not, all of us experience the pain of self-awareness. In an age when we are aware of so much--about ourselves and the world--this pain can be overwhelming. But the same awareness that causes us pain also opens the door to beauty and wonder. This is the paradox of self-awareness. In a series of...