Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World (Robert Wright & Sharon Salzberg)

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News & Politics, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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How Sharon became one of the first Americans to study Buddhism in India ... Sharon's new book, Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World ... Does meditation seal you off from the world? ... Mindfully coping with anger on social media ... There's more political diversity among meditators than you might think ... Sharon explains lovingkindness meditation ... The difficult work of finding compassion for your enemies ... Planting seeds in a garden you never get to see ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Meaning of Life TV.
0:08.5	Hi, this is Robert Wright. One thing I like about the conversations I have here on the
0:14.5	Right show is that they help me think and write. They've informed the books and many of the
0:19.9	articles I've written over the past 15 years.
0:23.0	Now, lately, most of my writing has been for my newsletter, the non-zero newsletter.
0:27.7	It covers the kinds of topics you see on the show, politics, foreign policy, psychology,
0:33.1	philosophy, spirituality, how to avoid the apocalypse, things like that.
0:38.7	So if you enjoy the right show, chances are pretty good that you'll enjoy the newsletter.
0:43.6	It's free, and all you have to do to get it is go to non-zero.org and sign up.
0:50.4	So I suggest that you hit pause, go sign up, and then hit play.
0:55.8	Thanks.
0:57.7	Hi, Sharon.
0:59.0	Hi, Bob.
1:00.1	How are you doing?
1:01.2	I'm doing well.
1:02.3	How are you doing?
1:03.3	I'm doing pretty well, all things considered.
1:05.6	I'm so glad I'm going to get to talk to you.
1:09.7	We're old friends, for one thing, but also you've got a new book out.
1:14.3	It's latest in a series of real books.
1:18.0	Real books.
1:20.6	You've written a book called Real Happiness.
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