Ep. 320 – Guided Meditation for Grounding, Gratitude, and Presence
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Be Here Now Network
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this deeply grounding guided meditation, Jack Kornfield invites us to rest in mindful loving awareness and gratitude for the miracle of being alive.
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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield shares:
- Guided meditation on mindful loving awareness
- Gratitude for breath, body, heart, and mind
- Opening to the field of awareness beyond thoughts
- The healing power of compassion toward ourselves
- Recognizing the interconnectedness of all life
“Who you are is bigger than the mind, bigger than the emotions, bigger than the changing sensations of the body. You're the field of awareness itself, consciousness that was born into this body.” –Jack Kornfield
This episode was first recorded on Feb 23, 2026 for the Spirit Rock Monday Night Talk and Meditation
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
Jack is currently offering a wonderful array of transformational online courses diving into crucial topics like Mindfulness Meditation Fundamentals, Walking the Eightfold Path, Opening the Heart of Forgiveness, Living Beautifully, Transforming Your Life Through Powerful Stories, and so much more. Sign up for an All Access Pass to explore Jack’s entire course library. If you would like a year's worth of online meetups with Jack and fellow community, join The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield.
“In this very moment, feel the space that gratitude opens, that kindness opens.” –Jack Kornfield
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| 0:00.0 | Who you are is bigger than the mind, bigger than the emotions, bigger than the |
| 0:12.0 | changing sensations of the body. |
| 0:15.0 | You're the field of awareness itself, consciousness born into this body. |
| 0:29.3 | A potent reminder from Jack Cornfield in this episode 320 of the Heart Wisdom podcast, |
| 0:35.2 | a guided meditation for grounding, gratitude, and presence. |
| 0:38.8 | Thank you for joining us here on the Be Here Now Network. |
| 0:40.7 | My name is Ganesh. |
| 0:46.7 | I'm Jack's assistant, and just totally honored to open the door to this guided meditation episode. |
| 0:55.0 | This is a freshie, having just been recorded for the February 23rd Spirit Rock Monday Night, Dharma Talk, and is all about imbibing your spiritual faculties |
| 1:00.0 | to stay grounded in gratitude and presence |
| 1:04.0 | for breath, body, heart, and mind, |
| 1:08.0 | no matter what is going on in the world. And if that kind of thing in this meditation |
| 1:14.7 | strikes a chord in your heart, I highly recommend heading to jack cornfield.com and signing up for |
| 1:22.4 | his year-long program, Living the Dharma in a troubled world. This program just began in February, and already, |
| 1:32.4 | some of the monthly hangs with Jack have been. Truly, some of my favorite dialogues, |
| 1:39.0 | Dharma talks, and meditations he has ever given. You can hop in at any time you won't be lost. We have the |
| 1:47.5 | backlog of monthly teachings waiting for you, along with recordings of the last two |
| 1:53.4 | question and response sessions. Also, if you're a fan of Ram Dass, the namesake and inspiration behind this Be Here Now Network |
| 2:04.9 | of Podcasts, Jack just released a course of his sacred dialogues with Ram Dass. |
| 2:12.6 | It spans from Noropa 1974 all the way to Hawaii, where Ram Dass spent the last years of his life until 2019. |
| 2:25.8 | If you're a fan of Jack and Ram Dass, this is a true opus of a course. |
| 2:31.8 | You can find that at jackhornfield.com, |
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