Jack Kornfield on Living the Dharma - Heart Wisdom Ep. 247

[@corlisscrabtree3647]

Thank you 🙏

[@poetryjones7946]

Jack starts at 6:07

[@martaweinstock7032]

Very special ❤

[@JThomasP]

Earnest question: a mosquito bites you, do you really not swat it? You know, a subtle part of me doesn’t like doing this, but what is the alternative?

[@keithmurf426]

Do you drive a car? Do you know how many bugs and insects and all kinds of things you kill every single mile? Do you know how many microscopic things are on your body every time you wash your hands. What makes small things in significant compared to big things as far as death is concerned?

[@cheryloswald4276]

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[@jonski_i]

6:08

[@VisibletoanyoneonYoutubes]

If we are all one, who is the one “learning and growing?”

[@Rob_132]

All of us I suppose. At a super macro level humans are advancing all the time. We seem to be destroying ourselves too. Additionally Even if you or I learn individually it affects the whole.

[@connorrekdahl3754]

Exactly! That’s why those are ultimately futile terms and concepts, it’s all for the sake of adding gravity to the illusion of this realm(characterized by not being always and everything) it’s a nice beach vacation from being God, and trust me, we/I needed it. Instead of being the ocean, we get to sit on the shore watching a very small part of it, seeing essentially the waves of the mind and experiences of separateness.

[@Alex722]

The part of you which is seemingly individualized.

[@connorrekdahl3754]

@@Alex722 but if it’s only a mirage and you know that, are you inclined to believe it? Really no one is learning or growing because at the deepest level there is no one to learn anything, god is already all knowing and all wise, we/I came here to forget, might as well bask in it.