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Episode 49: Fresh Start
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8 minutes
Released:
Dec 28, 2021
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We never know day to day what we will have to face; some days are smooth, but other days we feel completely overwhelmed • but there is always a chance to start fresh, to disrupt the painful pattern of feeling overwhelmed, stuck, and hopeless — as well as to disrupt the smug feeling that arises when things are going well • we can draw on the quality of interruption and fresh start in the middle of a situation, or in the middle of our meditation practice • the notion of “freshness” has a healthy and dynamic quality; the notion of “start” is that we can begin again • produce from the grocery store has an expiration date beyond which it’s not healthy any more • our experiences are like that, but the expiration date of our experiences is immediate: once you’ve experienced something, it’s no longer fresh • making a fresh start is like cleaning the refrigerator, throwing out the stale produce and making space so the fresh, nourishing produce of the present moment can nurture a healthy, sane, and open state of mind and heart.
Released:
Dec 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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