Joan Halifax - Buoyancy Rather Than Burnout in Our Lives

It's easy to despair at all the bad news and horrific pictures that come at us daily. But Roshi Joan Halifax says this is a form of empathy that works against us. There's such a thing as pathological altruism. This zen abbot and medical anthropologist has nourishing wisdom as we face suffering in the world. (Original Air Date: October 12, 2017)
About the Guest:
Joan Halifax is the founding abbot of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She's also the director of the project Being with Dying and the author of “Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death”
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Thank you. I miss going to Upaya.

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So great.🙏🙏🙏⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️♥️♥️♥️

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Joan Halifax quote highlights from this video: “I am not a ‘nice’ Buddhist. I’m more interested in a plain rice, ‘get down in the street and get dirty’ Buddhism.” “The more aware we become, the more responsible we recognize we are for what is and what will be.” “I'm not a sectarian Buddhist; what I am though is someone who wants to help people see inside.” “The experience of grief is profoundly humanizing.” “When you are in a state of deep internal stillness, you see the truth of change, the truth of impermanence, that's constantly in flow moment by moment. And, that becomes a kind of insight that liberates you from the futility of the kind of grief that disallows our own humanity to emerge.” “When systems break down, the ones who have the resilience to actually repair themselves move to a higher order of organization.” “We actually don't even use the word ‘meditation’ … We call it ‘reflective practices’ or ‘contemplative interventions.’”

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Thanks so much.