Vinegar into Honey: Seven Steps to Understanding and Transforming Anger, Agression, and Violence

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I agree with the other reviewers who have given this book high marks. Vinegar Into Honey is a small book but packs a big punch, constructively and positively (as anger, too, can be expressed if accompanied with awareness). As soon as I finished reading it, I started RE-reading it. It's a short book, but there are many levels of insight one can gain from Leifer's book from the personal to the community to political nations. I have read many wonderful books on Buddhism, but the specific issue of anger and all its disguises assessed from a Buddhist perspective is especially helpful and relevant. Table of Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1. The Mark of Cain......Page 14 2. On Human Nature......Page 18 3. Step One: Becoming Aware I......Page 28 4. Step One: Becoming Aware II......Page 46 5. Step Two: Taking Responsibility......Page 60 6. Step Three: Understanding Anger, Aggression, and Violence......Page 74 7. Step Four: Reflection......Page 92 8. Step Five: Decision......Page 104 9. Step Six: Relaxing and Letting Go......Page 116 10. Step Seven: Opening the Heart......Page 134