Susan Piver on The Four Noble Truths of Love

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Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Susan Piver is a New York Times bestselling author of 9 books and a renowned Buddhist teacher. Her book, The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships walks us through the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism as they apply to relationships. In this special episode pulled from our archive, Susan and Eric discuss her interpretation of the four noble truths and how she applies this wisdom to love and relationships. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! Registration for the Spiritual Habits Group Program is open now! Visit spiritualhabits.net to sign up and learn more about how to bring forth real transformation in your life! In This Interview, Susan Piver and I discuss The Four Noble Truths of Love and… Her book, The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships The emotions underneath fear, hatred, and greed Depression being a calcified sadness The four noble truths of love Feeling your feelings without the story and ask yourself what it feels like in your body and environment Differences between anger and irritation in the body How enormous space opens up when we drop expectations The threefold path: Precision, Openness, Going beyond The role and importance of good manners and honesty in relationships Opening to the other person as they are in a relationship Intimacy in relationships has no end How you can’t think your way into intimacy or inspiration – they come when you make the space Passion between two people will constantly arise, abide, and dissolve Relax with what is and space will open up Her interpretation of the concept of non-attachment/detachment A spiritual practice frees people up to feel everything in the moment, as it is Your life IS the spiritual path In meditation we’re not trying to get anywhere, we’re trying to BE somewhere Meditating In’t about focusing on something but rather, bringing the brain down from some dreamworld into reality in the moment Susan Piver Links: Susan’s Website Facebook Instagram If you enjoyed this conversation with Susan Piver on The Four Noble Truths of Love, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Being Heart Minded with Sarah Blondin Susan Piver (2015) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In case you're just recently joining us or however long you've been a listener of the show,
0:04.8	you may not realize that we have over seven years of incredible episodes in our archive.
0:10.2	We've had so many wonderful guests that we've decided to handpick one of our favorites that may be new to you.
0:16.5	But if not, it definitely is worth another lesson.
0:19.7	We hope you'll enjoy this episode with Susan Piper.
0:23.0	You can't think your way into intuition or inspiration or knowing.
0:28.1	But if you make space, it arises.
0:44.7	Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.
0:54.6	Quotes like, garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:59.1	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
1:02.1	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
1:05.3	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
1:07.5	But it's not just about thinking.
1:09.1	Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort
1:12.2	to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving
1:17.4	in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf. Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Susan Piver, who is here for the second time.
1:40.4	She's a New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Life, and The Wisdom of a Broken Heart.
1:48.2	Susan has been a practicing Buddhist since 1995 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004.
1:54.5	Her work has been featured on the Oprah Show, Today, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Money and others. Her new book is The
2:03.1	Four Noble Truths of Love, Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships. Hi, Susan. Welcome back to the show.
2:09.9	Hi. So glad to be here. Thank you. Yes, we have had you on before. I don't remember which
2:14.3	episode number it was, but it's been a while, but you have a new book out
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