This is the time to build our new world. This is a time of existential, social, and spiritual discernment. We need to think and feel deeply, look inside of ourselves and take the responsibility to contribute to a better present and future.
There is a lot to learn about each other, about each other’s cultural and racial backgrounds, about how we experience life and each other. It is time to learn and to listen.
Now, more than ever, we need to seize the moment to imagine and create a world of peace, dignity and health, a world we all share. We need to open ourselves to think differently so we can act differently. Opening our minds and hearts allows us to include everybody in our hearts. Together let’s listen, learn and create.
Together with our panelists we will reflect on the following questions:
- Can you tell us about your work with your community and what we can learn from this?
- Can you tell us about a practice that sustains you in this difficult time?
- What is the kind of future you would like to see for yourself, your loved ones, and those who are oppressed and forgotten?
- This time we invite and appreciate questions from and discussions with the audience.
HOSTS:
Radhule Weininger, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, and teacher of Buddhist meditation and Buddhist psychology. She is mentored by Jack Korn”eld in her teaching and by Joanna Macy in her interest in Engaged Buddhism. Her book “Heartwork: The Path of Self-Compassion”, with a foreword by Jack Kornfield published by Shambala Publications.
Michael Kearney, MD, is a physician with over 35 years’ experience in palliative care. He works at Cottage Hospital and at Serenity House in Santa Barbara. His latest book entitled “The Nest in The Stream: Lessons From Nature on Being with Pain,” others an ecological model of self-care and resilience that awakens the desire to act for the welfare of all beings.
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