53.The Tools for Joy with Danielle LaPorte

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Is it possible to remove all suffering from our lives? What is the difference between happiness and joy? Danielle LaPorte took this on as a research project for 10 years, and the metaphor she now uses is simple: Joy is the atmosphere, and happiness is the clouds passing through. Joy is foundational. And from that foundation you can begin to unpack your suffering. You can assemble the tools to for your joy. As Danielle says, "When you're in the pit, you forget you have a shovel." Learn more about Commune courses and events at onecommune.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Commune, a global wellness community and online course platform featuring some of the world's greatest teachers.
0:16.3	We are on a mission to inspire, heal, pass down wisdom, and bring the world closer together.
0:22.8	This is the Commune podcast, where each week we explore the ideas and practices that help us
0:28.6	live this healthy, connected, and purpose-filled life.
0:32.7	You can check out our courses, our community, and everything we do at OneCommune.com.
0:39.5	Now, I am battling with this question, and granted I'm not the first one.
0:44.4	What is our true nature? Is it suffering? Is a product of human consciousness, a feeling of
0:51.1	separateness, and a yearning to rediscover that oneness, that
0:54.3	connection we have in the womb? Do we suffer from our species' unique and cruel awareness of our
1:00.0	own mortality? Or is our fundamental nature joy? And we simply pile on suffering and pain
1:07.5	through endless self-centric thought and trauma. My guest today, Danielle Laporte, is a metaphysical sleuth of sorts,
1:15.6	engaging in inquiry with all manner of poets, mystics, and sages about our fundamental nature.
1:20.6	And through this curiosity, this inquiry, she synthesizes truth.
1:25.6	She is a poet herself, and I'm mesmerized by her big,
1:30.8	low, round voice. Many of you know her from the desire map, a program we did together last
1:37.1	spring on identifying your core desired feelings. We have another slice of brilliance from her now
1:42.7	called Free and Clear. You can learn more at Onecommun.com.
1:47.2	I have deep affection for this beautiful human.
1:50.8	Today on the show, we get the wisdom of Danielle Laporte.
1:54.9	I am Jeff Krasno, and welcome to Commune.
1:59.3	Music and welcome to Commion.
2:12.8	My name is Danielle.
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