Celebrating the release of his new book of his favorite stories, All In This Together, Jack shares wise tales on living with integrity, presence, stillness, and generosity.
“Whether you make art, write, tend a garden, or parent children—if you can share your dignity, generosity, understanding, integrity, vision, and make that come alive within you and others, your life becomes a blessed source of happiness.” –Jack Kornfield.
In this episode Jack mindfully explores:
- Meaning and connection
- Thich Nhat Hanh’s favorite Tolstoy story
- Answering the Empress’s three life-changing questions: What is the best time to do things? Who are the best people to work with? What is the most important thing to be doing at all times?
- Living in the present moment and serving those around you
- Cultivating happiness through giving our life meaning
- Being a Bodhisattva and holding all life in compassion
- The story of Abbott Anastasius
- Integrity and generosity
- What we teach others through our stillness
- Being a clear mirror for others
- Quieting the mind, tending the heart, and remembering what matters
- Opening to the vastness of life beyond the small self
- Your birthright as loving awareness itself
“We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather around us that they may see their own images and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps fiercer life because of our quiet.” –William Butler Yeats
