Episode 126: One Step At A Time - What The Monks Are Teaching The World

Episode 126: One Step At A Time - What The Monks Are Teaching The World

From Magic Seeds by Laura R. Gries

January 25, 2026 · 34 min

About this episode

This episode explores the Walk for Peace led by Buddhist monks and the profound emotional responses it evokes in people.

In a world that feels increasingly loud, fractured, and unsteady, something quiet is moving across this country. Buddhist monks are walking—step by step, mile by mile—not to protest, persuade, or demand, but to embody peace as a living practice.     This episode explores the deeper meaning of the Walk for Peace and why it has stirred such profound emotional and energetic responses in so many people. Even without witnessing the monks in person, many feel a powerful resonance—waves of emotion, a sense of hope, tears that come without sadness, and a remembering of something steady beneath the chaos. This conversation is not about destinations or outcomes, but about what it means to move through a turbulent world without hardening, to choose presence over urgency, and to let peace begin within the body.   We reflect on slowness as a radical act, walking as meditation, and peace as something that is practiced rather than achieved. At its heart, this episode is an invitation to remember that even when the world feels enormous and uncertain, there is still an inner ground that can be touched—one breath, one step, one moment at a time.   Peace does not arrive all at…

People in this episode

Host: Laura R. Gries

Topics covered

  • peace
  • mindfulness
  • walking meditation
  • Buddhism
  • inner steadiness
  • presence

Keywords

  • peace
  • Buddhist monks
  • mindfulness
  • walking
  • meditation
  • inner calm
  • presence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Buddhist monks, AwakeningsOnline.net, AwakeningsHealth.com

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