Elizabeth Gilbert and Jack Kornfield (#751)

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s as a result of the podcast just lately hit its 10-year anniversary and handed one billion downloads. To rejoice, I’ve curated a number of the better of the perfect—a few of my favorites—from greater than 700 episodes over the past decade. I couldn’t be extra excited. The episode options segments from episode #430 “Elizabeth Gilbert’s Artistic Path: Saying No, Trusting Your Instinct, Index Playing cards, Integrity Checks, Grief, Awe, and A lot Extra“ and episode #300 “Jack Kornfield — Discovering Freedom, Love, and Pleasure within the Current“

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SHOW NOTES

• [05:36] Notes about this supercombo format.
• [06:38] Enter Elizabeth Gilbert.
• [07:04] Liz shares who Rayya Elias was and the way she’s remembered her in story at The Moth.
• [14:53] What sort of tales and storytellers make Liz escape in applause?
• [21:05] What has Liz realized from Martha Beck?
• [23:49] Staying true to at least one’s interior compass and saying “No” with out regret.
• [27:03] The easy “No” by way of Byron Katie.
• [33:07] The knowledge of the physique.
• [36:56] Enter Jack Kornfield.
• [37:24] Jack’s reference to dangle gliding and paragliding.
• [40:06] Jack’s childhood, abusive father, and position as household peacemaker.
• [45:12] “In the event you’re going to be indignant, do it proper.”
• [47:48] Jack’s transition from pre-med to Asian research at Dartmouth.
• [49:28] From hippie to Buddhist monk.
• [50:57] Psychedelics’ affect on Jack’s non secular path and present stance.
• [59:53] Assembly Stanislav Grof.
• [1:03:32] Discovering and learning underneath Ajahn Chah.
• [1:05:59] Rookie monk coaching in Thailand and enduring struggling.
• [1:13:49] Lengthy silence durations and out-of-body experiences.
• [1:16:37] Mystical experiences aren’t at all times nice.
• [1:19:15] Tim’s expertise at Spirit Rock.
• [1:20:10] Challenges throughout coaching in Thailand and Burma.
• [1:24:47] “Hatred by no means ceases by hatred, however by love alone is healed…”
• [1:29:55] Recommendation for deep interior work with real-life tasks.
• [1:42:04] Compassion vs. empathy.
• [1:46:19] Expertise’s position in creating compassion.
• [1:47:26] Lovingkindness meditation for Westerners.
• [1:56:04] Attending the primary White Home Buddhist Management Convention.
• [1:57:59] The mission of CASEL.
• [1:59:18] Introducing mindfulness apply and love as a superpower.
• [2:10:11] Returning to self-discovery after derailment.
• [2:15:57] Obvious derailment as crucial communication.
• [2:19:17] Self-talk for managing inappropriate anger.
• [2:37:21] Returning to the US to review medical psychology.
• [2:42:50] Utilizing forgiveness to assist veterans and at-risk youth.
• [2:45:30] Why group help beats group apathy.
• [2:49:23] Lack of serious initiation rituals in trendy society.
• [2:53:10] Beneficial guide for newcomers to Jack’s work.
• [2:57:48] Jack’s billboard.
• [2:59:02] Parting ideas.

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Join with Elizabeth Gilbert:

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Join with Jack Kornfield:

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• Bringing Dwelling the Dharma: Awakening Proper The place You Are by Jack Kornfield | Amazon
• Looking for the Coronary heart of Knowledge: The Path of Perception Meditation by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield | Amazon
• The Clever Coronary heart: A Information to the Common Teachings of Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield | Amazon
• A Lamp within the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Via Troublesome Instances by Jack Kornfield | Amazon
• A Path with Coronary heart: A Information Via the Perils and Guarantees of Non secular Life by Jack Kornfield | Amazon
• After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Coronary heart Grows Clever on the Non secular Path by Jack Kornfield | Amazon
• No Time Just like the Current: Discovering Freedom, Love, and Pleasure Proper The place You Are by Jack Kornfield | Amazon
• Perception Meditation Society
• An Perception Meditation Heart | Spirit Rock
• Tandem Paragliding in Grindelwald | Paragliding Jungfrau GmbH
• Psychedelics: Assist or Hindrance? by Allan Hunt Badiner | Tricycle
• Be Right here Now by Ram Dass | Amazon
• Psilocybin: A Journey Past the Worry of Dying? by Richard Schiffman | Scientific American
• Buddhist Wheel of Life by Diana St. Ruth | Buddhism Now
• Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter Extra Than IQ by Daniel Goleman | Amazon
• Esalen
• Gestalt Follow | Wikipedia
• Vultures and Charnel Grounds — East and West | Vajratool
• What Is the Idea of Samadhi? | Yogapedia
• Why the World Ought to Not Neglect Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields of Cambodia by Adam Taylor | The Washington Put up
• The Sound of One Hand Clapping: 281 Zen Koans with Solutions by Yoel Hoffman | Amazon
• The Mind: The Thriller of Consciousness by Steven Pinker | Time Journal
• Thoughts: A Journey to the Coronary heart of Being Human by Daniel J. Siegel, MD | Amazon
• UK Appoints a Minister for Loneliness by Ceylan Yeginsujan | The New York Instances
• MediTrain
• A Meditation on Lovingkindness | Jack Kornfield
• Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Artwork of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg | Amazon
• The Telomere Impact: A Revolutionary Strategy to Residing Youthful, More healthy, Longer by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Elissa Epel  | Amazon
• Meditations | Jack Kornfield
• Jack’s Applications | Sounds True
• First White Home Buddhist Management Convention | Jack Kornfield
• CASEL (Collaborative for Tutorial, Social, and Emotional Studying)
• The Magic of Mindfulness: Complain Much less, Recognize Extra, and Stay a Higher Life | The Tim Ferriss Present #122
• Mindfulness Day by day with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield | Sounds True
• The Energy of Consciousness with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield | Sounds True
• The Mindfulness Meditation Instructor Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach | Sounds True
• Guided Meditation with Jack Kornfield | Sounds True
• The E-book of Pleasure: Lasting Happiness in a Altering World by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu | Amazon
• Mosaic Voices
• Cu Chulainn: An Iron Age Hero by Daragh Smyth | Amazon
• Restrepo | Prime Video
• Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger | Amazon
• The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul by Michael Meade | Amazon
• The Artwork of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace by Jack Kornfield | Amazon
• The Higher Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker | Amazon
• Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels within the Struggle to Free an Empire’s Slaves by Adam Hochschild | Amazon

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