On this episode of the Being Effectively Podcast, Dr. Rick and Forrest are joined by Mingyur Rinpoche, a famend Tibetan Buddhist trainer, to discover calming anxiousness with consciousness, enjoyable unhealthy wanting, and discovering a deeper sense of our innate goodness. Rinpoche shares how a near-death expertise throughout his four-year “wandering retreat” remodeled his relationship to concern and deepened his gratitude for all times. They focus on sensible methods to see the true nature of the thoughts, soften the grip of aversion and attachment, reframe concern as care, and embrace impermanence as a path to freedom.
Key Subjects
- 0:00: Introduction
- 3:33: How a near-death expertise dissolved Rinpoche’s concern
- 7:06: Studying to not battle panic assaults
- 10:25: Seeing anxiousness as clouds within the sky
- 14:18: Consciousness, knowledge, and love as innate qualities
- 18:39: Recognizing fundamental goodness even in self-hatred
- 25:28: Braveness to be with doubt and uncertainty
- 27:51: “Anytime, anyplace” meditation apply
- 33:57: Consciousness and vacancy as inseparable
- 46:49: Letting previous selves die and embracing change
- 52:41: Recap
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