Ep. 21 - What Changes Us

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2015

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The spiritual path seems as much a journey of becoming who we are, rather than attaining some elevated sense of self. But what circumstances must arise in order for us to honor our particular incarnation, and to then do something beautiful with it? Crisis, trauma, and retreat are just a few of the potential catalysts, and our task is to simply recognize and accept that which has served to encourage our own efforts along the path. We begin to see that it is often just a matter of remembering and reminding ourselves of the different ways that we are brought to freedom and joy in our own lives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In a world that often feels like it's teetering on the edge, it's not surprising that so many of us grapple with feelings of instability and overwhelm.
0:10.0	On Tuesday, December 19th, join acclaimed Buddhist meditation teachers Sharon Salzburg and Ethan Nicktern for a free online conversation on staying grounded, available, and engaged even when the world is on fire.
0:24.0	Ethan and Sharon will also discuss the upcoming darmamoon year-long Buddhist studies program
0:29.0	and offer their insights on how studying Buddhism can help us show up more fully for ourselves and others during these challenging times.
0:37.0	Visit darmamamoon.com slash event for more info and reserve your free spot. Welcome to the Jack Cornfield Heart Wisdom Hour.
1:03.2	We are delighted to share with you Jack's innate common sense and his clear open heart.
1:10.4	In order to continue presenting these podcasts, we need your support.
1:15.0	Please go to MindPod Network.com slash Jack
1:20.0	and you can donate there, or you can go through our Amazon or Audible affiliate links and
1:27.8	that's another great way to support the podcast.
1:31.9	Thank you for your generous attention.
1:35.0	Please let yourself find your way back to sit in a way that's comfortable in at ease.
1:43.0	People seem to be having a good time tonight.
1:45.0	Sorry to kind of ruin the party.
1:48.0	What can I say?
1:50.0	It's springtime, you know.
2:05.2	There are two different dimensions to meditation practice. There's lots and lots of kinds of meditation of course in the world contemplations and visualizations and mantras and mindfulness and so forth. To simplify some things, there's a dimension of meditation practice in which you train
2:21.4	yourself to see clearly or to see in a new way you train your capacities for presence or openness or resiliency or steadiness or clarity and so forth.
2:34.0	There's a kind of developmental dimension of it,
2:37.0	and that's been the kind of thing that
2:40.0	neuroscientists have been happily researching over the last few decades.
2:47.1	And then there's another dimension of meditation, which is more an invitation to mystery and it's not about self-improvement and it's not
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