Many Buddhist teachers remind us in multiple ways that we are not what we seem to be, the separate embodied selves from which our ego identities rise. Instead, we are encouraged to discover that we are the wind, the rain, the ocean, the mountain and the stars.
What does that mean, and how can we wrap our minds and hearts around it? This Sunday Jane presented a talk by Yanai Postelnik, in honor of Earth Day and Earth Month, called “Being Part of it All,” pointing to ways in which meditation and mindfulness practice can help us to experience the truth of that concept.
You can listen to the talk here: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/11579/
Jane also read a poem by Mary Oliver from “What can I say” which you can read here: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/920664-what-can-i-say-that-i-have-not-said-before
