Ep. 255 – Listening to the Song of the Present Moment

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Listening to the song of the present moment, Jack uncovers how to dance with life’s dynamic rhythms along the harmonizing path to inner-freedom.

This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self.

“The rhythm of your breath is no different than the rhythm of the stars.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:

The art of listening to the song of life, birth and death
Why it can be so tough to actually “Be Here Now” like Ram Dass
How love connects to the present moment
Alan Watts, music, dance, and harmonizing to the universe
Feeling the rhythms of your breath and body
Learning to dance to life’s dynamic music
Staying open and avoiding spiritual bypass
Looking at our body and life clearly and directly
The power of attention, noting, and spaciousness for diffusing our judgements and emotions
Buddha’s discovery of the Middle Way, and why he stopped fighting himself
Dealing with the unfinished business of grief, loss, loneliness, wounds
How to handle worries or fantasies that keep looping over and over
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the tenderness and fearlessness of an Awakened Heart
Why Buddha focused on humans as ‘five processes,’ rather than personalities
Letting go of our rigid sense of self and diving into the fluidity of life
Non-grasping and how even enlightenment is a problem
Discovering the true path to liberation
Death, dying, and a reading from the Tibetan Book of the Dead

“To listen is to be awake in the present without moving away from or running away from what’s actually here.” – Jack Kornfield

“The only place to actually love another person, or a tree, or a living creature, or the earth itself, is when we’re here in the present.” – Jack Kornfield

Discover your great joy and love in Jack’s life-changing new online journey – The Awakened Heart: Discovering Great Joy and Love – Dive in here and now at JackKornfield.com

This Dharma talk originally recorded in 1991 was originally published on DharmaSeed.

Join senior meditation teachers David Nichtern and Rebecca D’Onofrio for a free online discussion on the path of developing one's own meditation practice and supporting others who wish to explore this transformative path. Register for free today: The Journey of Becoming a Meditation Teacher | Sep. 19th @ 6:00pm ET

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:16.5	Teaching meditation can be a deeply rewarding experience, help others improve their mental and emotional well-being, reduce stress, improve focus, increase self-awareness and self-regulation, all while deepening your own practice and understanding.
0:27.3	Join senior meditation teachers David Nick Turn and Rebecca Denofrio for a free online program on Thursday, September 19th at 6 p.m. Eastern time.
0:32.6	Together they'll discuss the path of developing one's own meditation practice and Darmamoon's Ranaoone's
0:33.4	Ranaoone's Renou mindfulness meditation teacher
0:35.2	training program.
0:36.7	Visit domed.com slash be here now
0:40.0	for more info and to reserve your spot
0:41.8	for the free online event.
0:43.3	Did you ever wonder after you know,
0:48.3	did you ever wonder after you know everybody saw Rame doss
0:51.8	his book be here now, right?
0:54.4	Seems like a terrific idea.
0:57.3	Why don't we do it if it's such a great idea?
1:02.1	Why not? Have you looked? Because in the present is joy and sorrow and in the present is
1:12.4	birth and death and in the present is birth and death and in the present is pleasure and pain.
1:17.0	And in the present are some things we just assume not feel.
1:21.0	But the present is also interesting in another way.
1:25.0	It's the only place we can see.
1:28.0	It's the only place we can learn or touch or smell just here.
1:37.2	And even more importantly, it's the only place we can love.
1:55.0	To listen is to be awake and present without moving away from or running away from what's actually here. Says Jack Cornfield in episode 255 of Heart Wisdom
2:01.0	listening to the song of the present.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Be Here Now Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Be Here Now Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.