I could say that I put my heart and soul into this mix and it would be true. But the deepest, truest intention has been to channel Mama Gaia’s divine, feminine, and powerful spirit. 

I dream of a harmonious and flourishing planet that offers a safe and nourishing place for our children - protected by an interconnected global community. I dream of a network of eco-communities devoted to the source of life and all Her children, creating and collaborating from a place of joy and deep peace. 

I dream that we are free of suffering and filled with inspiration. 

I offer this mix as a gateway to this dream with the intention of nourishing your spirit and planting seeds in the soil of your mind’s eye. 

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Tracklist 
Come together - Nox Vahn & Marsh
Far Away Place - Xinobi & Vaarwell
Lead Us to the Sound - Erothyme (with Masaru Higasa, Michael Svenson, and Emma Staarbird)
Hotline Bling (Liquid Memoirs Bootleg)
Amaru - Circada
Fly to India - KHAIKHAN
Lunita - Danit (J. Pool Remix)
Cuñaq - Raio (feat. Sophie Sôfrēē)
Afterglow - Phaeleh (feat. Soundmouse) 
I See Fire - Moon Frog (Feat. Marya Stark and Dillard)
Beacon of Stars - Bloomurian, Nyrus
Heartbeat - Symphony
CHI - NRYN feat. Pao Pamaki
Metamorphosis - Darpan
Bird’s Teardrops - Estas Tonne ft. Peia Luzzi (Serg Devasko Remix) 
Light - San Holo
Temple Tantrum - The Polish Ambassador
Inner G - Zebbler Encanti Experience (feat. Ganavya)
Mahalo - Basher Toe
I’m Free - Symbolico
Shamana - Imagika Om
Leaking Meditation - Choopie & Arik
Loving Kindness Meditation - Jack Kornfield

New Moon Mix ::. \\32123// .::  [S^3]

In this Independence Day focused episode, Jack reflects on how we can foster true freedom and independence through using a spiritual rudder.

"The Buddha, in the last bit of his life, said, 'When I'm gone, don't follow or place all of your reliance on elders or teachers, but rather follow the Dharma, the universal law, and know these things for yourself. Know the forces of grasping, hatred, and ignorance. Really know what they are. Let yourself see them, and know that it is possible to find freedom from these. If it weren't possible I wouldn't tell you about it. Then as you live your life, be aware of what brings goodness, what brings freedom from grasping, hatred, and delusion. Nourish that which brings that freedom, sustain it and support it." – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack dives into:

The ideals of the U.S., versus its reality and history
What it means to be independent, what it means to be free
Learning what your "spiritual rudder" is to steer you in the midst of this Kali Yuga
Buddha's advice on following the Dharma, and your Way, rather than following others
Our spiritual rudder as synonymous with truth, love, integrity, and our Buddha Nature
True freedom as freedom from the pull and sway of outside circumstances
Real loving kindness, real metta, as timeless, fearless, and free

This Dharma talk given by Jack on July 4th, 1994 was originally published on DharmaSeed.

Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 195 – Freedom, Independence, And A Spiritual Rudder

Navigating the body's river of sensations, Jack helps us into the still-point of freedom amidst life's cycles of change.

"If our goal in spiritual practice is some state, some open state, it would be in spiritual life like buying already open flowers instead of buds, or like adopting an adult instead of a child. To awaken the heart of a Buddha requires us to find the deepest respect and compassion for things as they are, for they way things are. There isn't anything you can hold onto in that because it's always changing. There is no enlightened retirement. The way things are includes the cycles of stillness and action, the times of raising a family or being a renunciate, making money or retiring—and finding somehow a way to be with what is, with the truth of change." – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully elucidates:

- The Dalai Lama's view on the Big Bang Theory
- How when we open deeply to our feelings, we recognize the body as a flowing river of sensation
- The Buddha's 'Eight Worldly Winds' and using mindfulness and Right - Effort to navigate life's cycles of expansion and contraction
- Ram Dass, Be Here Now, and the "rollercoaster of highs and lows" of spiritual practice
- Finding freedom in the still-point amidst the cycles of change
- Trusting ourselves and the universe enough to let go into the mystery

"Life is a process of expansion and contraction. We breathe, and as we sit in meditation you notice there are long and short breaths, cool, fast, deeper ones and shallow ones. If you let it breath itself it has all these rhythms of the body opening and closing all the time. Then you pay attention to sensations in the body. At first it feels like tension, pain, hot, or cold, but the more deeply you listen with your inner-awareness, that which we call pain, tension, hot, or cold, becomes pulsing, throbbing, needles, pinpricks, swirling movement. The more deeply we feel, the more our body shows itself to be a river of sensation." – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk from Spirit Rock on 4/23/1989 was originally published on DharmaSeed.

Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 197 – Cycles Of Change

Jack returns to explore the nature of Dharma as universal, immediate, timeless, beneficial, protective, and available to all.

"The Dharma is universal, it's immediate, it's open-handed, it's to be experienced by each person for themselves directly, it's timeless. The truth of life is here to be discovered for any individual with eyes open to see." – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully navigates:

- Sufis introducing the Dance of Universal Peace to Jack's retreat of Buddhists
- Dharma as universal, immediate, timeless, beneficial, protective, and available to all
- The various meanings of 'Dharma': the teachings, the physical/emotional elements of the world, personal destiny/path, and Universal Laws/Truth
- How Joseph Goldstein accidentally found his teacher Munindraji while on the way to take LSD under the Bodhi Tree
- Karma, impermanence, duality, selflessness, attachment, metta (loving kindness), and the preciousness of life
- The Vipassana paradox of Tibetan Dream Yoga

"The Dharma protects those who follow it like a great umbrella in the rainy season." – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk from 12/05/1987 was originally published on DharmaSeed.﻿

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Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 201 – Nature Of Dharma

Illuminating the concept of mudita – sympathetic joy – Jack helps us cultivate authentic happiness for those around us, and leads a guided meditation on the topic.

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"Spiritual joy is the innate capacity for the heart to take pleasure and wonderment in this life and in the happiness of others, a kind of sympathetic joy." – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully navigates:

- Mudita as a spiritual/sympathetic joy and generosity of spirit which take s pleasure in the happiness of others
- Rumi, the ocean of poetry, channeling, listening, and inspiration
- Seeing the beauty in the the light, eyes, and world around us
- Spirituality, happiness, and taking responsibility for your heart
- The Buddha's lens that joy and beauty are crucial factors of enlightenment
- A guided meditation partner practice to cultivate mudita (sympathetic joy) and metta (loving kindness)

This Dharma Talk from 12/03/2001 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published by DharmaSeed.

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Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 202 – Mudita - Sympathetic Joy

In this hilarious episode, Jack Kornfield, Trudy Goodman, and Bonnie Duran, DrPH, share stories on becoming empowered to solve your own problems.

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“The Buddha's enlightenment solved the Buddha's problem, now you solve yours.” – Joseph Goldstein

In this episode Jack, Trudy, and Bonnie mindfully explore:

- The powerful lesson encased within Bonnie's first one-on-one session with Joseph Goldstein
- Empowerment, personal understanding, and spiritual awakening
- Hilarious stories from Jack on his teacher Ajahn Chah involving enlightenment, Jesus, and the wisdom of not-knowing
- Trudy's two-sided spiritual lesson on aging, impermanence, and presence
- Dealing with uncertainty and learning to trust yourself

About Bonnie Duran, DrPH:

Bonnie Duran, DrPH, (mixed race Opelousas/Coushatta) is a Professor Emeritus in the Schools of Social Work and Public Health at the University of Washington (UW), in Seattle. Before, during and after completing her doctoral degree at UC Berkeley, she has worked in public health and social care research, education and practice with a focus on Native Americans/Indigenous peoples and other communities of color for over 35 years. Dr Duran has conducted studies of mental disorder prevalence, risk and protective factors, victimization, and treatment seeking/ barriers to care among people attending Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities and probability samples from the Tribal Colleges and University’s within the largest rural Tribal Nations in the U.S. In partnership with communities, she has adapted and developed Indigenous interventions for system level, community and individual health and wellbeing.

About Trudy Goodman:

Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats and workshops worldwide.

Learn more about Trudy’s offerings at trudygoodman.com

Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – 205 – Solving Your Own Problems w/ Trudy Goodman & Bonnie Duran

In this powerful new Dharma Talk touching on current events, an emotional Jack offers a heart of refuge amidst the world's conflicts.

"There's a liberation amidst birth and death, joy and sorrow, war and peace, that is beyond it all. This is the sacred openness of love and awareness itself.” – Jack Kornfield

In this emotional episode, Jack touches into:

- The terrors of the ongoing wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Darfur
- How constant news media effects our emotions and wellbeing
- Learning to live from the 'heart of refuge' which the Buddha offers
- What does it mean to be a refugee? How can we help create sanctuary?
- The importance of outsiders opening to the suffering of all humans rather than taking sides
- How the Buddha's mindful loving awareness overcomes Mara's aggression, greed, and doubt
- The ways we can open ourselves to forgiveness, compassion, community, safety, love, and trust

This episode is from the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday Night Dharma Talk and Meditation on 10/23/2023.

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Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 211 – Heart of Refuge

Jack unfolds the radical wisdom and healing teachings of the great Buddhist sage Atīśa on living this dreamlike life as gesture of love.

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“If life is like a dream, make it a beautiful one.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
Radical wisdom from the 7 Verses of Atīśa – one of the greatest Buddhist sages
A moving story about the deep transformative power encased within committing an act of truth
The nature of timeless awareness and the witness
Exchanging “spiritual trading cards” with Ram Dass
Humor, listening, stillness, and spiritual perspective
Not being swayed by outer circumstance
Learning what really matters in this life
Living with an honest and compassionate heart
Emptiness and considering all phenomenon to be dreams
Not brooding over the faults of others
Noticing our inner waterfall of thoughts, feelings, sensations
Becoming medicine for others and the world
Looking through the eyes of mercy
Being grateful to everyone and everything
Always relying on joyful and peaceful mind and heart
Don’t expect a standing ovation for your spiritual work or service to the world

“Who you are is what matters most—and who you are is awareness having this amazing life journey.” – Jack Kornfield

“Let your life be a gesture of love.” – Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 257 – Radical Wisdom Living Life As A Gesture Of Love

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