Exploring poetry, beauty, and art, Jack helps his dear listeners appreciate the harmonious dichotomy of all life experiences.
“Poetry and beauty are not a denial of the sorrows of the world, but a grace somehow that holds and understands them—the irony and the mixture of love and terror that make up life.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- How art, beauty, music and poetry uplift the world to the sacred
- Rumi’s poem, Tending Two Shops
- Letting go of fear, opening into freedom
- Poetry not as a denial of life’s struggles, but as a gracious way through
- Being at home with oneself
- Poetry from Siddhartha Buddha, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rumi, and more
- Telling the truth, becoming nobody, and walking the path
- Meditation and working with our ‘inner mob’ of voices
- Relating to the ‘zoo’ of our lives with meditation
- The three dimensions of Rumi’s spiritual poetry
- Saying ‘yes’ to this too, even to what’s difficult
- Walking this life and path in humbleness
“Sometimes the greatest political act is to turn on Mozart and turn off the news, or to walk by the ocean or in the hills during sunset, or to read a poem—to sense a possibility in the midst of all the 10,000 joys and sorrows of finding some peace or balance in this heart that can then be brought to the world around us.” – Jack Kornfield
