Spring Washam on Deep Transformation

Sep 1, 2020

Spring Washam is a respected meditation and dharma teacher from Oakland, California, and the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys. In this engaging discussion, she shares insights from her book, A Fierce Heart, encouraging listeners to balance action with contemplation. Spring emphasizes the transformative power of faith during adversity and how confronting emotional truths can lead to growth. She highlights the importance of compassion and forgiveness in pursuing social justice, and reflects on her own journey toward interconnection and greater self-awareness.

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ADVICE

Focus on Positive Energy

Focus on your practices and helping people, especially during challenging times.
Choose to focus on positive energy to cultivate happiness.

INSIGHT

Balancing Action and Contemplation

Balancing action and contemplation is crucial, avoiding extremes of inaction or bitterness.
Compassion motivates action in the world, responding to suffering like helping someone who fell.

INSIGHT

Fighting For, Not Against

Focus on what you're fighting for, not just against, to avoid burnout and aggression.
Approach activism from love, not duality, to be more effective and compassionate.

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Spring Washam is a well-known meditation and dharma teacher based in Oakland, California. She is a founding member and core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center located in downtown Oakland. She is the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys an organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom. In addition to being a teacher, she is also a healer, facilitator, spiritual activist, and writer. Spring is considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based healing practices into diverse communities and is committed to enriching the lives of disenfranchised people everywhere.

In this episode, Spring Washam and Eric talk about how we can foster deep transformation within ourselves and our world.

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In This Interview, Spring Washam and I Discuss Deep Transformation and…

Her book, A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage, and Wisdom in Any Moment
Balancing action and contemplation
Focusing on what you are fighting for (not just what you’re fighting against)
Her constant, daily practice of forgiveness
Uprooting greed, hatred, and delusion to heal her heart and mind
Her profound experiences of interconnectedness
Why she takes things far less personally now but still feels the pain of life
The deep shift in the heart that transforms someone into an antiracist
Her Sunday program: The Church of Harriet Tubman & The Underground Railroad Crew
Connecting to our ancestors and learning from history
How no one is exempt from the 10,000 joys and the 10,000 sorrows of life
The way faith in a bigger, loving force can lead to beautiful transformation when pain in life happens to us
The lawful unfolding of the universe
Waking up to our innate Buddha nature
Transforming difficulty into growth
Giving our suffering meaning for transformation
Dropping into the body to feel the energy and find the blocks in the heart
Getting curious when we feel triggered
Being afraid of our feelings blocks our transformation
Meeting our numbness with loving self care
Developing self-compassion and compassion for others
Separation being at the core of many of our wounds
That our whole journey is about letting go

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