The choice to choose...
Hey lovely Reader
Back in March I recorded a beautiful conversation - and then lost it in a tech transition. Today, in a sudden flash of inspiration, I found a way back in… and here it is.
I’m delighted to share a gentle, resonant conversation with Janet Ettele - musician, author and student of Buddhist teachings - whose book How Joyous Effort Works draws on Shantideva’s Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.
We talk about mindfulness as awareness with accurate understanding, the freedom of non-clinging, and Janet’s beautiful question: who are we being in our doing?
In this episode you’ll hear about:
• Joyous effort - the enlivening willingness to continue (including the wisdom of rest)
• Mindfulness that steadies us: awareness + accurate understanding
• Non-clinging vs devotion, impermanence and interdependence
• How wisdom becomes embodied - from head, to heart, to hara
Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform or find it here, and see where it takes you.
May we all be present in our being... and our doing. May we all be safe, happy and well. May we all live with ease.
With love
PS: If this landed, you might love A piece of quiet - my weekly guided pause + journaling prompt. A soft place to practise mindfulness as “awareness with accurate understanding.”