Jack Kornfield - Ep. 87 - Uncovering Life’s Beauty with Poetry & Art

Jack Kornfield - Ep. 87 - Uncovering Life’s Beauty with Poetry & Art:
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Jack Kornfield reflects on the beauty of life and the true nature of the Self that is revealed through poetry and art.
Show Notes
Acknowledging Beauty in the Mystery (Opening) - Sometimes we have the tendency to look at spiritual and meditative practices like as a grim duty that we force ourselves into. Jack offers a reflection on how we can shift our perspective in a way that allows us to find inspiration in the joy and beauty that practice uncovers.
“One of the important qualities of a meditative life, or opening one’s self to a spiritual dimension, is that it is an opening to beauty, an opening to some sense of rhythm and happiness in the world.” - Jack Kornfield
Vehicles of Awakening (8:50) - Jack looks at the vehicles for awakening that art and poetry provide. He shares poetry from spiritual masters that remind us of our true nature and reflects life’s beauty in their verses.
“The fragrance of rose, jasmine and sandalwood can blow only as far as the winds, but the virtue of one who tends the heart wisely spreads to the ends of the Earth.” - Milarepa
Tending with Compassion (25:45) - We look at the deep process of healing that comes with meditative practice. Jack reads from poetry that reflects on the way that we close ourselves off in the wake of suffering and how practice begins to open us back up.
“To the extent that we can tend all of the parts of ourselves, to that extent can we tend the Earth and the community around us.” - Jack Kornfield
The Child of Spirit (40:30) - The final stage of recognizing our true freedom is awakening the childlike innocence and wonder that comes with Beginners Mind. Jack closes with a discussion about the final states that meditative practice brings us to.
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[@alexandrarencoret5599]

Life is not about wining , but about opening ourselves to the energies of life where the miracles happen. Well said! thank you!

[@lewwal8327]

Self-realization means leaving the dharma and all wisdom traditions behind. Existence as we know it ceases and becomes inexpressible. We must first replace fear of it with compassion and then leave even compassion behind.

[@paulnorthey6712]

Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils. But we enjoy our lives because that's what God wants. Otherwise the mornings before summer dawn would not be made so fine. The Bengal tiger would not be fashioned so miraculously well. The poor women at the fountain are laughing together between the suffering they have known and the awfulness in their future, smiling and laughing while somebody in the village is very sick. There is laughter every day in the terrible streets of Calcutta, and the women laugh in the cages of Bombay. If we deny our happiness, resist our satisfaction, we lessen the importance of their deprivation. We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil. If the locomotive of the Lord runs us down, we should give thanks that the end had magnitude. We must admit there will be music despite everything. We stand at the prow again of a small ship anchored late at night in the tiny port looking over to the sleeping island: the waterfront is three shuttered cafés and one naked light burning. To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a rowboat comes slowly out and then goes back is truly worth all the years of sorrow that are to come. --Jack Gilbert