A Mindful Nation

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🗓️ 11 April 2012

⏱️ 53 minutes

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2012-04-14 - A Mindful Nation - One of the great sources of hope is the "quiet revolution" of mindfulness that is appearing in schools, hospitals, prisons, the military, corporate settings and the lives of millions of people around the world. In this talk, US Congressman Tim Ryan points to highlights of this revolution--which are reviewed in his compelling new book, A Mindful Nation. He shares about his own personal experience with mindfulness practice and his commitment to seeing the mindfulness and compassion at the center of our work for a better future. Please support this podcast by donating at www.tarabrach.com or www.imcw.org. Your donations make a difference!

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0:00.0	It's my honor. I get to introduce to you Congressman Tim Ryan, who's a representative
0:23.7	from Ohio 10 years in Congress, U.S. Representative, and I just want to share with you. I
0:30.8	we initially met a couple of weeks ago and my first impression was that he was
0:37.3	very big compared to me and you know X quarterback and all my second
0:43.5	impression was wow great smile you know that was my that was my survival
0:49.5	brain computing large but not dangerous you know but then I you know more there
0:59.2	was so much more I was it was just such a delight to see how he really embodied
1:05.3	a mindful awareness a person with such brightness and clarity and open-heartedness
1:12.1	and a real delight so and I think that you probably feel the same way so many of
1:19.3	us dream of having skill politicians people can make a difference in the
1:26.7	world who are guided by kindness and wisdom I mean that's the that's the
1:33.1	archetype of a hero and we need them and so and I think you're going to find as
1:38.0	you listen to Tim and especially and I have this book and I really want to
1:43.4	pump you up on it if you haven't gotten it already this is a mindful nation
1:47.9	Tim's new book what you're going to find is Tim uh he wants a nation where
1:55.9	people are flourishing where there's real health where people help each other
2:00.6	out and totally understands that the consciousness that's needed for that
2:06.9	comes when we train in mindful awareness and he gets that so it's exciting to
2:13.7	have this book out I feel like is there a way can we get this first on the
2:17.5	New York Times bestsellers list gang can we do it you know like if all of us did
2:22.0	all of our email list something like that anyway so I'm I'm hoping we'll go
2:25.8	forward in that way but mostly I want to say that when
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