Ep. 112 – Racism and Independence

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

Kornfield, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Jackkornfield, Buddhism, Spirituality, Jack Kornfield

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this talk, Jack illuminates how the history of racism and prejudice in this nation directly contradicts our instilled ideals of freedom and independence.

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0:35.0	Breathe by Debbie Nutley. Welcome to the Jack Cornfield Heart Wisdom Hour.
0:54.0	We are delighted to share with you Jack's innate common sense wisdom
0:59.0	and his clear open heart.
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1:12.0	Yesterday was the Jack.
1:12.8	Yesterday was the 4th of July.
1:17.0	And what acre we have this wonderful kind of village parade.
1:19.9	Everybody comes by in their bicycles and horses and whatever and so forth.
1:25.0	And it's our day of national independence, celebrating our independence as a nation from England in some fashion.
1:34.0	Right?
1:38.0	A nation and all of the very
1:45.0	very fine and quite extraordinary words that were used in the founding of this country.
1:50.0	A nation conceived in liberty, freedom and justice.
1:54.0	Or as Lincoln talked about, devoted to the proposition that all men and women, we hope, are created equal.
2:02.0	Really quite extraordinary concepts for organizing a society.
2:10.0	Liberty, justice, freedom.
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