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[Unedited] Stephen Batchelor with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Is There a Compatibility Between Solitude and Marriage?

Ene: Meditative framework enables us to accept elements of the other person that would perhaps, in a less contemplative relationship, be constantly triggering aversion and disgust. In tibetanand and andn some of these anciant languages, you can use solitude as a verb. And cultivating solitude is basically learning how to be less reactive. Emotional intelligence is an intelligence that seeks to respond to the situation from a non reactive space. That non reactive space is solitude, slash nirvana.

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