{"id":481,"date":"2018-03-20T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.awakeningjoy.info\/blog\/?p=481"},"modified":"2018-05-09T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T18:51:10","slug":"conversations-wise-thanissara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakeningjoy.info\/blog\/conversations-wise-thanissara\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations with the Wise: Thanissara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Awakening Joy&#8217;s James Baraz recently interviewed Thanissara, meditation teacher, social and <span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cm\">environmental<\/span><\/span> activist, mindfulness psychotherapist and co-author of <em>Listening to the Heart<\/em> as part of a series called &#8220;Conversations with the Wise&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we\u2019re going to take on forces that are trying to destroy the whole planet\u2014and we should make no mistake about it, that\u2019s actually what is happening\u2014some of this consciousness is so devoid of humane empathy that they would rather take down and destroy everyt<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">hing before they let go of their power\u2014shouldn\u2019t we be responding collectively and standing for the values that we hold dear?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>&#8220;To feel anger when someone is overwhelming your boundaries is a natural reaction but when it turns into dwelling in hatred it\u2019s like, as Nelson Mandela said, drinking poison hoping you will kill your enemies. We need to get over our personal reactions and use those energies to mobilize. Use anger and transform it to clarity and focus.&#8221;\u2014 Thanissara<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FuTWwtrYq2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the full conversation go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awakeningjoy.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.awakeningjoy.info%2F&amp;h=ATMdOZqYwZi4dB0LOFzJ0l1DVOSKSyQ-ex5Uj07OnoxHyh1XXDN-caL0c4zRyB6yWaI-T_x9AMW2hx23WxDgQyoD1nqsuZeJHG99-ypKPnSy9T9fRZErQHw25PYAzcXbqrPDi5U80aRTVyJ5kplso5E\">www.awakeningjoy.info<\/a> and click on &#8220;Conversations with the Wise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awakening Joy&#8217;s James Baraz recently interviewed Thanissara, meditation teacher, social and environmental activist, mindfulness psychotherapist and co-author of Listening to the Heart as part of a series called &#8220;Conversations with the Wise&#8221;: &#8220;If we\u2019re going to take on forces that are trying to destroy the whole planet\u2014and we should make no mistake about it, that\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - 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