This week’s video is for you if you’re struggling with our current political situation.

The meditation begins at 10:06
Audio only version is here.

Hello, dear meditator. Before this week’s practice, I have the delight of continuing to answer the questions you have submitted to me. This week’s question comes from Kim:

I’ve been meditating regularly now for 6 years. It has changed my life and made me a much calmer, more aware person.

However, I am having a really hard time lately and I can’t seem to get my head around it. I’m an American and have a hard time reconciling peace within myself when there is so many horrible things happening, or about to happen. Reading the news brings a new horror nearly every single day. I don’t recognize the country I call home.

I don’t watch the news, I read it. But I can’t not read it because I refuse to be uninformed, and I have children who need me to be able to talk to them about the world. Ignorance is not an option.

I know one of the principles of Buddhism is “the opposite of what you know is also true”. I can’t apply that to 2017 America. It’s causing me so much unrest. I’d love to hear any thoughts or advice.

For many of us, this is a hard time politically and socially. When triggered, it is very easy to lose our mind(fulness) and become desperate. The more afraid we are, the more likely we are to respond from one of the “three poisons,” grasping, aggression, or ignorance. Such actions are unlikely to be helpful. Even though it is very difficult to do so in the midst of chaos, we have to hold our seat within the still eye of the hurricane. In this video, I try to offer suggestions for doing so.

Hope this is useful, Kim!

Your thoughts, feelings, and reactions are always welcome.

Also: cats.

Enjoy!

Love, Susan

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