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Today I'm having a conversation with Stephen Fulder, who's a senior Buddhist teacher

and he's a lifelong peace activist who lives and teaches in Israel.

So in this conversation, Stephen shares about his experience,

his last couple of weeks, the unfolding violence in the Middle East,

and what he and his community are doing to tend to the huge trauma people are feeling.

He talks about how to be with intense fears and emotions.

And he also talks about how to communicate with people who have very different views.

So he shares about the decades, these past decades of this very deep and powerful work

he's been doing, bringing groups of Israeli and Palestinian people together

to find their shared hearts and humanity.

And together we talk about really what's our refuge, what's our true refuge in the midst of this very traumatizing world.

And what are the pathways that can carry us, not to equanimity, compassion, to love?

So I want to know that during our conversation, and this is due to the activity of the Israeli military,

there's some static interference on the internet, so you will notice it in several spots.

Okay, dear ones, I really hope that this expands your heart, expands your mind.

First of all, what is the immediate status for you and Rachel? How are you doing?

We're okay. We're really all right.

Personally, I would say in, we, Rachel is just now starting the olive harvest with the,

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