Have you ever noticed that even when things are going well, there can still be a part of you looking for what's missing, what's not working, or what needs to change before you can finally feel at peace?
In this episode of Recover Your Soul, I share a teaching from Pema Chödrön's book How We Live Is How We Die that has stayed with me for weeks: the propensity for discontent.
The phrase struck me because I could see how often many of us move through life carrying an unconscious habit of looking for what's wrong. We think that if we could just fix the relationship, heal the wound, change the circumstance, or get to the next goal, then we would finally be okay.
But what if peace isn't waiting on the other side of everything changing?
What if the invitation is to become aware of the lens through which we're already seeing our lives?
In this conversation, I explore the Buddhist teaching of the kleshas: attachment, resistance, and delusion. These are the habitual ways we become disconnected from our peace and our true nature. As I share in the Recover Your Soul process, these patterns often show up as our unconscious beliefs, stories, fears, judgments, and attempts to control life around us.
Together we'll look at how attachment keeps us grasping for things to be different, how resistance keeps us fighting reality, and how delusion can keep us trapped in old stories and misunderstandings that prevent us from seeing ourselves and our lives clearly.
This isn't about pretending everything is fine or pushing away difficult feelings. It's about learning to be present with what is, while bringing more awareness, compassion, and curiosity to the patterns that create suffering.
The beautiful gift of this work is that the very places where we get stuck can become doorways to wisdom, healing, and awakening.
In This Episode:
- What Pema Chödrön means by "the propensity for discontent"
- How the habit of looking for what's wrong affects our happiness
- Understanding the three kleshas: attachment, resistance, and delusion
- The connection between Buddhist wisdom and the Recover Your Soul process
- How our patterns, beliefs, and stories shape our experience of life
- Learning to witness difficult emotions without judging ourselves
- Why awareness is the first step toward healing and transformation
- How to find greater peace in the present moment, even when life isn't perfect
My hope is that this episode helps you become a little more aware of the ways you may be searching for what's missing and instead begin noticing what is already here. We are all learning together how to release old patterns, soften our judgments, and reconnect with the wholeness that has always existed within us.
As always, thank you for being part of the Recover Your Soul Community. It is an honor to walk this healing and awakening journey with you.
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