About this episode

The episode explores the concept of beloved fools and the courage required to recognize one's own foolishness.

The fool can beloved or not. Beloved fools are open-hearted and cultivate “don’t know” mind. Not-so-beloved fools think they know something, or know better, or are better. What I can see, so far, is that takes courage and fortitude to watch closely enough, over a long enough period of time (maybe a lifetime?), to see when foolishness is taking a beloved form, and when not. And to be humble when “not.” Which in my own investigation is *not* as infrequently as I’d like. Have y...

People in this episode

Host: Judi Cohen

Topics covered

• foolishness
• humility
• self-awareness
• courage
• open-heartedness

Keywords

• beloved fools
• courage
• humility
• self-reflection
• open-hearted

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