Heart Wisdom Ep. 240 – How to Unlock True Abundance

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Sharing the blueprint for how to unlock true abundance, Jack reveals the secrets of letting go of greed, embracing generosity, and appreciating simplicity in life.

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“Abundance isn’t about how much you have, but how much you appreciate.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
  • How to let go of our greed and live in true abundance
  • The Buddhist notion of “dana” – generosity, service, open-hearted caring
  • Greed as a strategy of impoverishment, rejection, and incompleteness
  • Transforming our ‘endless wanting’ into a beneficial awakened dance with the world
  • Expressing the Tao, the harmony of the universe, through our being
  • The Dharmic alchemy of the Bodhisattva
  • Meditation, listening, and finding out what we truly want in this life
  • Where Suzuki Roshi meets Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • How abundance of the spirit connects with simplicity rather than things
  • A personal story of Jack taking his unique Bodhisattva Vows in the Rocky Mountains while teaching at Chögyam Trungpa’s Naropa University
  • Taking your strong, grounded, noble seat that can handle it all
  • How being there for others is abundance in their life
  • The generosity and delight of authentically giving – things, space, silence, listening, attention, commitment, honesty, smiles, blessings
  • Ram Dass and Maharajji’s lesson of “feed people, love people.”
  • Is “selfless service” actually selfless?

“Abundance of the spirit doesn’t mean things; it means discovering a kind of simplicity of our life where we’re abundant in any circumstance.” – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk is estimated to be recorded on 3/1/1990.
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