For me it's been about opening up into a wider field of experience, trusting that what's happening can be lived with. And practices like meditation. You know, the place that trust breaks down for a lot of people is when i'm very attached to particular outcomes. So i have to work really hard to make that happen. If this doesn't work out, ill going to go downhill. I mean, you know, the mindit has no pride.
Jack Kornfield is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Over the years, Jack has taught in centers and universities worldwide. He’s led international Buddhist teacher meetings and has worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and his books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies. He is also a father, a husband, and an activist.
In this episode, Eric and Jack discuss his book, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy Right Where You Are
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In This Interview, Jack Kornfield and I Discuss Inner Freedom Through Mindfulness and …
- His book, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy Right Where You Are
- The first step to dealing with difficult emotions is seeing and accepting what’s there
- How practicing mindfulness expands your window of tolerance
- Tools to help us remember the vastness
- Remembering that our story is always changing
- How we are bound to experience both the beauty and pain in life
- The importance of compassion
- How there are many simple practices to transform our heart and mind
- Choosing the best spiritual practices based on what we’re drawn to
- His work with Father Greg Boyle, writer of Tattoos on the Heart
- The possibility of seeing the Buddha-nature in every human being
- The refuge in community and how we need each other
- Trusting that we’re part of something bigger than ourselves
- Learning to trust our inner knowledge, heart, and body
- Accepting our fear and understanding that growth comes after fear
- The doubting mind and our capacity to recognize it
- Learning to not judge the thoughts that come up in meditation
- His shift in life from actively getting things done into relaxing more and seeing how things turn out
- How we all have the seeds of awakening within us
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