Love with Sharon Salzberg

In this episode, Axel speaks with Sharon Salzberg about love and how to live a more present life

Sharon is one of the world’s most renowned meditation teachers and a pioneer in bringing mindfulness and loving-kindness practices to the West. She is also a New York Times bestselling author. In 1976, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield.

We talk about:

• Why suffering is universal rather than personal

• The Buddha’s teachings as a way of life

• Changing our relationship with the mind rather than trying to stop our thoughts

• The magical moment when we recognize that the mind has wandered

• Beginning again

• Sharon’s conversation with the Dalai Lama about self-hatred

• The power of awareness and the freedom of not believing every thought

• Love as an ability, not only a feeling

• Recognizing the love that is already here

• Loving-kindness as an antidote to fear

• Listening with presence as an expression of love

• Offering loving-kindness to people who cause harm

Sharon ends our conversation by guiding a meditation on love and space.

For more information about Sharon, visit sharonsalzberg.com.

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