Sally Kohn: I wanted to end with, we started talking about the importance and value of stories. And in chapter 11, which is really about women, you know, Harriet Tubman after working on freeing slavery became, as you mentioned, a part of the women's movement. You tell a story in there about a important part of the story of the Buddha, Sujata. She represents the mother, everything he had suppressed, the wife,. his mother, the family, I'm alone, I'm going to do this because I'm a man," she says. "She kind of feeds him and then bathes him and interesting enough in other stories they don't honk
In This Episode, You'll Learn …
- Why we need to honor the history of our ancestors like Harriet Tubman
- How struggle and hardship are universal and also necessary to learn and grow
- How Spring came to explore and write about the spiritual nature of Harriet Tubman
- The lesson and legacy of Harriet and how we can learn to break free from the “prisons” of our mind
- Defining internal, outer. and ultimate abolitionism and the significance of each phase
- How the north star symbolizes a guiding light of hope and freedom
- How understanding our nation’s history can help bring more compassion and awareness to what’s happening in current times
- Why we need to remember that negative media can skew our perception of the world and not realize how much goodness there is
- The beautiful story of Sujata about the harmonizing of feminine and masculine energy
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