199: Jack Kornfield – How To Heal From Pain and Trauma Through The Art of Compassion

“Mindfulness is that spacious attention that says, yes, this is what’s here and who I am as the loving witness of it all.”

Episode Summary: ‘Love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at it’s best is love.’  Jack Kornfield, Author, Buddhist practitioner, Spirit Rock Meditation Center founding teacher, and one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West, joins me this week to share his deep wisdom on how to heal from pain, trauma and addiction in life. Listen and learn how to heal yourself and the world through love, compassion, forgiveness and letting go.

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• How to let go of the pain and traumas of life.
• A key practice to help you forgive yourself, and others.
• How to develop compassion and tenderness even in the most difficult times.
• What is the real meaning of mindfulness and of meditation and the difference between.
• How to navigate through an overwhelming impulse or addiction.
• The role of plant medicine in spiritual development and the healing process.
• A few misconceptions and myths about the term enlightenment and where to find your true internal bliss.

Some Questions That I Ask:

• What are some of the reasons you see that prevent people from letting go?
• How can someone let go?
• How do we develop compassion?
• How can someone move through an emotion?
• Can you define what you mean by mindfulness and perhaps the difference between mindfulness and meditation?
• How can someone who is going through addiction learn to let go and save themselves?
• How does plant medicine affect our consciousness?
• Can you share your insight or your perspective as a spiritual teacher on what is happening in the world, the virus, people losing their jobs, lock downs, etc. What is happening on planet earth?

Find out more about his work here:

https://jackkornfield.com/