The Power of Listening and Interconnectedness with Jane Hirshfield

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jane Hirshfield shares her extraordinary capacity for deep introspection and exploration of interconnectedness. You’ll hearJane read some of her beautiful poetry and discover how through her words, she is able to make profound connections between human experiences and the larger universe.In this episode, you’ll be able to:

Experience the enlightening potential of appreciating small daily joys and how they can heighten your overall happiness
Explore the art of embracing life’s curveballs while learning to capitalize on these difficult situations for personal growth
Discover the captivating power of poetry as a medium for personal transformation and sharpened perception
Foster a heightened sense of interconnectedness, enabling you to dissolve boundaries and enrich your understanding of self
Acquire the skills to navigate through tough periods with grace, hope, kindness, and resilience

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0:00.0	Mind the depths of God's Word and ignite your faith with pray.com's new podcast, the heartbeat of faith with me, Dr. Andrew Farley.
0:10.5	The beast raged against him, but he was not equal to the Lord of Lords.
0:14.6	God's chosen hero, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, had defeated evil once and for all.
0:21.8	Listen to the heartbeat of faith on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:30.1	No matter how long you feel like something, if you stay alive, you will eventually feel something else.
0:36.3	You know, it is part of living a human life to experience these emotions, the ones we want, the ones we don't want.
0:52.7	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:54.7	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
1:04.7	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
1:09.7	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
1:13.7	We see what we don't have, instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
1:20.7	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
1:28.7	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:35.7	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Jane Hirschfield, an American poet, essayist, and translator known as one of American poetry's central spoke persons for the biosphere and recognized as among the masters.
2:03.7	Writing some of the most important poetry in the world today.
2:06.7	Jane is a 2019 elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
2:11.7	Her books include numerous award-winning collections of her own poems, collections of essays, and edited and co-translated volumes of world writers from the deep past.
2:21.7	Her work has been translated into over 15 languages.
2:24.7	Today, Eric and Jane discuss her new book, The Asking.
2:28.7	Hi, Jane. Welcome to the show. It's wonderful to be talking with you.
2:31.7	I am really excited to have you on. As I said to you earlier, I have known of your work for many years now.
2:38.7	And I believe a long time ago, when I started thinking about who would be good guests on this show, your name was on a very, very early list.
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