Ep. 319 – All In This Together Series #7: The Blessings of Loving Kindness, Stories and Guided Meditation for Protection

About this episode

Jack Kornfield shares stories and leads a guided meditation on the protective practice of loving kindness.

Celebrating the release of All In This Together, Jack shares stories and leads a guided meditation inviting us into the fear dispelling and protective practice of loving kindness. Jack’s new book is out now: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. “Loving kindness protects us from our fears that come up. When you go into the jungle, watch the news, or whatever wild thing you do, loving kindness is a basis to tend and care for your own heart.” –Jack Kornfield In this episode, Jack shares stories and leads a guided meditation on: Coming together to quiet the mind and open the heart Jack shares background on his new book of stories, All InThis Together The healing importance of forgiveness in a conflicted world A Buddhist story on how loving kindness (metta) protects us from our fears Looking at our relationship to technology in the world The life-changing blessings of metta practice Holding the tainted glory of your humanity in loving kindness The transformative power of metta Student…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Kornfield

Topics covered

• loving kindness
• guided meditation
• forgiveness
• Buddhist teachings
• technology and humanity
• metta practice
• compassion

Keywords

• loving kindness
• guided meditation
• forgiveness
• Buddhism
• metta
• compassion
• self-care
• mindfulness

Sponsors

BetterHelp

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: All In This Together, All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World

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