I decided to switch things up for this post. My good friend, Brian Perrino, joins me to discuss a book we both recently finished reading called, The Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chödrön. It’s not a straight book review though, we use it as more of a jumping off point for our discussion. Hope you enjoy!
Summary
- 2:30 – Meditation is not an improvement plan
- 6:00 – Life is the curriculum
- 10:50 – Precision, gentleness and letting go
- 14:30 – What is successful meditation? And is that even possible?
- 16:45 – “Seriousness is an accident of time” – Herman Hesse
- 21:25 – One way at a time and how that limits us
- 23:20 – Contradictory messages
- 26:25 – Wisdom of No Escape
- 27:45 – Loneliness of awareness
- 33:25 Tonglen (breathe in bad/breathe out good)
- 38:30 – Adjusting expectations and definitions of success