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Stephen Jenkinson: Living With Meaning
On
this site we discuss the large predicaments the world faces. A
question that often arises, especially at our annual seminars is:
Given these challenges, how should I be? What outlook and behaviors
will better help me meet what's coming?
This
week's podcast gets quite existential. Chris sits down with Stephen
Jenkinson, an author and thinker who a number of Peak Prosperity
readers have requested come on the show. Jenkinson's specialization
is grief and dying -- through his decades of work in these fields, he
has developed a series of observations on what it means to live, and
thereby die, with meaning.
A
heads up: the path of this conversation is somewhat metaphysical and
may not be everyone's cup of tea. But the topics addressed are
important; ones our society needs to start having some honest
discussion about. Things like how to face our mistakes, errors and
shortcomings openly -- as with addiction, only with acknowledgement
and acceptance of our condition can we then move on to
self-betterment.
Jenkinson observes how, culturally, we are so averse to unpleasantness that we suppress the very conditions that are necessary for positive transformation.
Hi Robin. Kim in Sydney here. Just commenting to connect with you, and let you know I think if you, your wife, your horse, your dog, and send whatever blessings my consciousness can throw in your direction. I need to watch this video, because I think I will be glad for the information and perspective and harmony. But I am still recovering from Gail Z's blog post about David T Lange.
ReplyDeleteMay 2017 be not more than you can handle. For all of us.
With great warmth, Kim/Phorus/Hecate
Thank you for your kind thoughts. What was the Gail Z blog about?
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