Clinging is everywhere, and we just don’t notice it. We can cling to ideas and beliefs, an identity, opinions, and sensual pleasures. When we notice that we’re attached to them, they have control over us, and we’re not really free to just be in a place of constant surrender and acceptance and receiving.
In this episode of the podcast, Margaret reflects on the concept of hope and clinging in situations where someone is sick, injured, or dying. She shares a personal anecdote of a friend’s children contracting chicken pox and the introduction of a vaccine as an example of hope versus realism. Margaret then raises questions about the
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As practitioners, we also follow a path and seek to become free from suffering. We may plan for our spiritual growth through studying and meditating, but we must also be mindful of our attachment to expectations and outcomes.
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In this episode of the Death Dhamma podcast, host Margaret Meloni, interviews Cayce Howe, a Dharma teacher and co-founder of Sustainable Caring. They discuss the topic of attachment, which is a key component of Buddhism and can lead to suffering if not managed properly. Cayce explains that the energy of compassion is endless, but when
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Are you aware of how you are defining yourself? Are you willing to sit with this, and think about it? It’s not fair for me to ask you do something that I won’t do. Yes, it’s time for me to get real with myself and others about the role of my created selves.
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