A Practical Guide on Finding Inner Peace | Jack Kornfield | Knowledge Project Podcast 156
Author and Buddhist practitioner Jack Kornfield discusses how to suppress self-doubt, find inner calm, deal with conflict and stress in your life, and handle harmful outside influences in healthy, constructive ways.
Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma, and has taught meditation internationally since 1974. He co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass., and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, Calif., and his books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
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00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Jack’s experiences as a monk
06:50 - How can we deal with our emotions?
13:22 - On dealing with the stories we tell ourselves
15:58 - Practical solutions to dealing with those stories
21:55 - On feeling undeserving of positive feelings
24:12 - What is self-compassion?
27:09 - On emotions and feelings
31:40 - On maintaining inner peace
34:50 - How to create the habit of a reflexive pause
44:03 - Being at war with ourselves
52:26 - On perspective taking
57:50 - On rituals
1:02:03 - What is intention?
01:10:05 - How striving helps and hurts us
01:16:11 - How thoughts influence behavior
01:19:10 - Why nature influences our thoughts?
01:25:23 - On deflecting compliments
01:29:39 - Judgement vs. discernment
01:30:59 - Should we struggle alone? Or with others?
01:39:21 - Difference between compassion and empathy
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