“Play a Greater Part” – Bodhisattva for Our Times

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🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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“Play a Greater Part” – Bodhisattva for Our Times - During scary and uncertain times, the habitual reflex is to try to find ground by creating stories about what’s happening and hardening into us-them blame. This only perpetuates the aggression and violence that is so prevalent in our societies. This talk is a reflection on how we as awakening bodhisattvas can evolve our consciousness in a way that serves authentic societal healing and transformation (a favorite from the archives).

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:04.0	We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:09.2	To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com.
0:15.3	Tonight is called We Rise to Play a Greater Part.
0:27.6	So it's really the bodhisattva of our times.
0:31.8	And a few days ago, did an interview with the Washington Post that was ostensibly about
0:39.5	how to work with the extra stress of this holiday season.
0:44.8	And then I got curious, and I thought I'd ask you, how many of you feel like it's extra
0:50.0	stressful this particular holiday season?
0:52.3	Can I see my hands?
0:54.3	Okay, so let me see how many, I feel like it's very normal for you right now.
0:59.4	This is a normal level.
1:00.9	Yeah.
1:01.9	Okay, good.
1:02.9	I would say that was about two-thirds extra stressful, one-third stressful for those that
1:08.0	are listening on podcast.
1:11.3	I asked that because for many people that I've talked to, the combination of the holidays
1:19.1	with recent upheaval around the elections, that combo, the sense of potentially the kind
1:25.3	of conversations and interactions with family members who might not agree, it just seems
1:30.5	to all combine in a way that's intense.
1:34.6	And even without the elections, many people know the 48-hour limit that if you're going
1:41.1	too long with family, it stuff happens.
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