40 - Dealing Mindfully With Grief And Loss

Secular Buddhism

Noah Rasheta

Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Society & Culture, Meditation, Secular, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 9 May 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Mindfulness is helpful during the grieving process because it allows us to acknowledge the universality of loss. It helps us to accept the inevitability of loss as a part of life. At one point or another, we will all face the loss of everything we hold dear. BONUS: Guided meditation on impermanence.

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0:00.0	Hello, you are listening to the Secular Buddhism Podcast, and this is episode number 40.
0:06.2	I am your host Noah Rosheta, and today I'm talking about dealing mindfully with grief
0:11.7	and loss.
0:23.6	Grieving is the process of coming to terms with loss in our lives.
0:27.7	We may experience grief for a number of different reasons.
0:31.3	Could be the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship or friendship, or the loss
0:36.1	of a job.
0:37.6	Other significant life changes can also lead to grief, like moving to a new home or a new
0:43.3	city, losing our deeply held convictions or beliefs, or experiencing a sudden change
0:50.2	in our hopes and dreams.
0:53.0	loss is something we seem to deal with from the moment we're born.
0:57.2	I've seen firsthand the discomfort a new born seems to endure at the loss of the warm
1:03.9	thing comfort of the womb.
1:06.1	And from that moment on, life can seem like a string of losses, and while the scale and
1:11.7	the intensity of loss can vary greatly, say, losing a loved one compared to losing a material
1:17.6	possession, in the end, the loss of anything can cause suffering, and it may require the
1:23.8	process of grieving to help us to adjust.
1:27.8	Now before I jump into this topic, I want to remind you of a couple of things.
1:31.9	First is my commonly shared quote by the Dalai Lama that says, do not try to use what you
1:36.6	learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist, use it to be a better whatever you already are.
1:42.2	Regardless of which path you're on or how far you are along that path, mindfulness can
1:47.1	help you to be a better whatever you already are.
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