A Meditation With Love Out Of Adversity

Despite extreme hardship across Africa—from Zimbabwe’s unemployment to post-apartheid South Africa—people remain incredibly kind, loving, and generous. Even as outsiders with privilege, we are welcomed with warmth, comfort, and care. Their humanity shines, no matter the struggle.

Transcript

Yeah,

So finding your practice right in this moment.

And maybe it's as simple as just sensing into the body,

Sitting in the chair,

And that's perfect.

Or maybe it's following the breath.

Maybe there's a little meta.

And you're practicing that.

And whatever it is,

Whatever you're drawn to or whatever you're practicing right now,

Just an invitation to see it,

To view what you are doing,

This endeavor,

This commitment,

As building a character.

Maybe right now you're building steadiness of mind and heart.

Or maybe you're cultivating loving-kindness,

Increasing your capacity to love everyone.

And whatever your practice,

Just taking in the goodness of really building character,

Which is what you're doing,

Which is what we're doing together and each of us.

And as you're practicing,

Just also taking in that,

You're not only practicing for yourself,

Right?

You're practicing for other people too,

For all beings,

In a way.

And so this is a gift.

Our practice is a gift to ourselves and it's a gift.

It's a gift to other people.

So whenever you take your practice and take it out into your life and take a breath before you speak or remember that all beings are worthy of our generosity,

Of safety,

That's you,

That's us being generous.

That's this beautiful form of Dhana,

Creating safety in the world and just imagining what would happen if we could all do that.

It's a pretty different world.