with Sharon Beckman-Brindley
Recent events and much of popular culture invite us relentlessly to wander off and then hide out in the “rabbit holes” of mental chatter, confusion and familiar though unhelpful thought patterns. Our daily practice invites us to step out of those patterns and pause into awareness, curiosity and choice: ongoing investigation and choice toward what is most wise and loving, though perhaps less familiar.
Resources for this talk:
Meghiya Sutta: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.4.01.than.html
David Brooks. "What the voters are trying to tell us.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/05/opinion/trump-biden-voters.html
Anthony Ray Hinton: The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row and for more info: https://eji.org/news/the-sun-does-shine/
"Keeping Quiet" by Pablo Neruda