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DAY TEN
will be available Wednesday, May 5.
"Loving Ourselves into Healing"
Our teaching session and guided meditation for Day Ten focus on seeing the truth of our shared vulnerability and essential goodness, and cultivating reverence for all of life.
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How do we open our hearts wide enough to include those we fear or distrust? When we feel inspired to take action to address injustice, how do we determine the first step—and how do we avoid the trap of “becoming what we’re fighting”? These are some of the tough questions Tara Brach and Van Jones discuss in “Bridging the Divides That Separate Us.”
Session highlights:
- Finding our common purpose in the struggle against addiction and poverty
- Why activism must be grounded in compassion to be effective
- How we grow stronger through perseverance in the face of ongoing adversity
- Bringing healing and harmony to our political system
Van Jones, host of The Van Jones Show on CNN, is past president and cofounder of the nonprofit Dream Corps, which houses the following initiatives: #cut50, #YesWeCode, Green for All, and #LoveArmy. Van has led a number of other justice enterprises, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change. A Yale-educated attorney, Van has written three New York Times bestsellers, including his most recent book, Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together. Van has earned many honors, such as the World Economic Forum’s "Young Global Leader" designation, Rolling Stone’s "12 Leaders Who Get Things Done," Fast Company's "12 Most Creative Minds on Earth," and Time’s "100 Most Influential People in the World." He is a political commentator for CNN and a regular guest on political talk shows.
- What are some opposing viewpoints you could learn more about?
- Can you identify where the common ground may be found?
- When have you needed to create what Van calls a “common ground agenda”?
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I love this analogy “I’ve never seen a bird fly with only one wing: all birds need both wings, the left and the right”
We need both to fly and to be great! Such a wonderful and inspiring image! Thanks Van
“Move from the fight to the dance.” Such beautiful imagery, Van. Thank You.
Thank you! Mahalo! So heart warming!
I love this quote, it’s so inspiring “The unspoken imperative should be this: I want to understand you and I want to understand me; whether or not we ever agree”
Love it!
“It’s in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests”
Yes!♥️
Yes, great quote and much wisdom over the last 10 days. May that convergence happen at greater frequency. May we all “move from the fight to the dance”!
Yes, Lawrence! It’s always felt counter-intuitive to me as well as counter-productive to put so much energy into anything that is “against, anti” instead of “for” which means leaning into, embracing, including. Knowing that what we resist persists, what we focus on expands, I wonder whether it wouldn’t be more beneficial to mankind to start reconsidering the way we deal with all our issues… So, the thought of moving from fight to dance resonates profoundly. It seems more appealing and appropriate even if it may feel frightening or uncomfortable it is where we meet and share our common vulnerability and common goodness. We can thus follow the footprints of great way showers like Mandela, Gandhi and many others for our own sake… Why not? Let’s partake in the manifestation of a whole new paradigm on planet Earth! Yes, we can.
Namaste! 🙏🌹💜