Everyone gets stuck in habitual patterns, including emotional, behavioral, and relational habits. Often by the time we realize we're stuck, we no longer know how to get unstuck. The secret to finding freedom is to understand karma and free will. Joining Western psychological science and traditional Buddhism, experimental psychologist and Zen monk Douglas Gentile describes how our minds can be simultaneously our greatest weakness and greatest asset. This book can help you find freedom from negative habits, relationship patterns, and feelings. You don't need to be Buddhist to be able to use these ideas to be happier, just as you don't need to be a mathematician to be able to add. You just need to learn to have an accurate understanding of the concepts and processes and to make them work for you.