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A Buddhist Teaching for when Everything’s Awful. ~ Waylon

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents:

This week on our long-running “Walk the Talk Show” podcast and video series, with awards and millions of views over the years…

Waylon speaks with the Elephant community about a Buddhist teaching that will always bring you back to the truth, especially when things  are at their hardest and it feels like the world is going to crap. Lean on this notion.

“Impermanence is a teaching that reminds us that when we can’t find any ground, when there’s chaos…that’s actually good news because we’re living in the truth that there is no solidity.

That who we are doesn’t really stop with who you are and doesn’t really stop with this tree over here or with the sky above. Impermanence actually makes us an environmentalist because we care about everything—the greater good—including ourselves.”
~ Waylon H. Lewis

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“ Impermanence is directly connected with interdependence—that we are all connected in some way. ” ~ Waylon H. Lewis

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“The Buddhist teaching of impermanence is basically a reminder that it’s our ego that has such a huge problem. Our ego makes all of our problems. We give ourselves a hard time. Our ego gets in the way. Our ego separates us—my happiness from your happiness. My safety from your safety. And it is the ego which is terrified of impermanence or chaos.” ~ Waylon H. Lewis

Quotes referenced by Waylon in the video/podcast:

>> “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” ~ President Theodore Roosevelt

>> “Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news.” ~ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

>> “The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.” ~ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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