Living the Questions: A Civil Rights Elder on Exhaustion and Rest, Spiritual Practice, and the Necessity of Loving Community
On Being with Krista Tippett
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How Did You Know You Had a Drenal Gout?
i went through a breakdown right after mississippi freedom summer, two years of that intense work in laurel. And so i had to really m get serious about o a practice called ziker ah, which is the remembrance of god. So i think getting older and wanting to stay as fit as possible, mentally, spiritually and physically has required me to pay attention to physical exercise. Are certainly a dietary, in my case, vegetarianism, and a, and also prayer and meditation,. both from the sufi forms as well as, due to my daughter introduce me to buddhist meditation.
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