World of Wisdom:The passion for life
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The pandemic has caused many people to reassess their lives...but self-reflection is a journey that can bring challenges. Annie, from Australia, feels she has gained wisdom and a deeper insight into life but it has led to her living almost on 'auto-pilot', without the passion she had before. She speaks to Sufi teacher and interfaith minister Imam Jamal Rahman. He suggests ways we might connect with life more deeply.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC World Service. |
| 0:02.4 | I am Sanasathi and welcome to World of Wisdom, |
| 0:05.8 | where we explore some of the personal issues |
| 0:08.5 | that life turns up. |
| 0:12.0 | And in this pandemic, it does turn to turn up quite a few. |
| 0:16.4 | Have you felt cut off from the things |
| 0:18.4 | that you used to excite you before? |
| 0:21.2 | Do they mean as much as they used to? |
| 0:24.4 | Life has changed for many people. |
| 0:27.0 | And the things that were once so important |
| 0:29.9 | can suddenly seem to no longer count. |
| 0:34.0 | Perhaps it's not the pandemic, |
| 0:36.2 | but the wisdom of years that has given you |
| 0:38.6 | a cooler appraisal of the merry-go-round of life. |
| 0:42.6 | This was the case for Annie, |
| 0:44.6 | who wrote to us from Australia about the sense |
| 0:47.8 | that despite gaining wisdom, |
| 0:50.0 | she has lost some of life's joy. |
| 0:53.0 | She put her question to our advisor, Imam Jamal Rahman. |
| 0:56.5 | Over the years, I have gained a deeper understanding of life, |
| 1:01.0 | and now I do not easily get caught up |
| 1:03.2 | in different perspectives and strong opinions. |
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