Real courage is the courage of the heart… It’s the courage to investigate, to look, to see what’s true inside ourselves.
One of the wonderful things about practice is each moment, in each thing we do in our life, is a new opportunity to be mindful, to be complete, to be whole. It’s never too late, and it’s never lost. It’s just now, again.
One December, the Western monks at my Thai teacher Ajahn Chah’s Western forest monastery decided to put up a Christmas tree. The villagers who built and served the monastery got upset and came to Ajahn Chah to complain.
We are in a time of great transition. The climate crisis, the pandemic, war, injustice, racism: they’re all pressing on us to live in a different way. Don’t turn your gaze away, but see another possibility—see with the great heart of compassion.
In this New Years episode exploring how we can revolutionize our lives by becoming aware of our feelings, Jack talks clear seeing and gives instructions for an eating meditation.
