"To be alone, to be at home in ourselves, is something we're all drawn to and yet terrified of." Finding ease in aloneness: Krista Tippett interviewing Stephen Batchelor in On Being
I remember in college when I took an interdisciplinary class called Man, Men, and Nature, I was uncomfortable with the thought of keeping a journal that the instructor would read. When I think about it, it's kind of odd that I could write anything I wanted so where is this uncomfortable feeling coming from? Somehow the journaling tool, that might possibly reveal an inner life, was scary.
Stephen talks about opening up a non-reactive space where we can respond to the world, and respond to our own needs as well, that's not driven by familiar habits that are often rooted in fear, attachment, and egotistical confusions. We empty our minds of greed, hatred, and attachment; We don't empty our mind of love, generosity, and wisdom. When greed, hatred and attachment crowd our minds, we don't have room for anything else that could conceive of an alternate response.
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