Revealing how to calm the mind through meditation, Jack shares wisdom on self-acceptance, trust, and healing the unfinished business of the heart.
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“Don’t live in the mind, rest in the heart and let the mind come and go as it will. This is discovering your Buddha Nature.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- Working with the ‘unfinished business of the heart’ – grief, sorrows, longing, wounds, loss
- Honoring life’s ‘ocean of tears’ with love and kind attention
- Cultivating the courage to allow your heart to be broken
- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the tender heart of a warrior
- Self-acceptance, allowing yourself to feel, and reawakening a trust in yourself
- Healing the mind by seeing clearly and not taking it so seriously
- Resting the in heart and letting the mind come and go
- Discovering Your Buddha Nature, your fundamental ground of being
- The technique of seeing the world as enlightened, and the path as yours
- The healing encased within understanding emptiness, selflessness, and letting go
- Meditation as a truly courageous act
“The problem with the mind mostly is that we take it seriously.” – Jack Kornfield
“Healing of the mind is when we can hold in our hearts all that arises, and sense a rest and a goodness, a wholeness in us.” – Jack Kornfield
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This episode recorded in 1991 was originally published on DharmaSeed.
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