Where and to whom do you think you belong? What is your relationship to belonging and what gets in the way? What have you sacrificed to belong?
Frank Ostaseski looks at our desire to belong as not merely about getting our social needs met. Even when we engage unskillfully such as becoming competitive or argumentative, it is an attempt to regain recognition and acceptance.
He shares that belonging requires only that we reconnect with our basic nature and recognize it in others. We belong simply because we exist, not because of our success or appearance.
He also examines Sangha - the third of the three jewels of Buddhism - as a primary example of belonging, giving, and receiving. Interdependence and being in relationship with others is key to our very existence -- most everything that we learn, consume and require to survive depends on others.
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Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, and founder of the Metta Institute. He has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, leading corporations like Google and Apple Inc., and teaches at major spiritual centers around the globe.
His groundbreaking work has been featured on the Bill Moyers PBS series On Our Own Terms, highlighted on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and honored by H. H. the Dalai Lama. He is the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully.
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CREDITS
Audio Engineer: George Hubbard
Producer: Tom Bruein
Music/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter
