07/28/2018 “Seeing With The Eyes of Kwan Yin” with Lori Wong
Daylong Retreat with Lori Wong; Seven audio files:
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In this daylong, we will explore blind spots: how to know what we don’t know, see what we don’t see — in the framework of suffering and compassion. We’ll look at personal and collective identity and privilege and their role in how we show up. The day will include meditation, experiential and interactive exercises, and reflection.
Poems/Readings/Quotes referenced:
- Humility as Nothing to Defend — Jeff Foster
- Heart Calling: a wake-up call for the real you — Courtney Carver
- Turning to One Another — Margaret Wheatley
- Somewhere someone needs help — Carrie Newcomer
- “Shame is a loaded word for Westerners. Like most things, it can be seen in a positive or negative light. Negative shame is accompanied by guilt and self-denigration. It is pointless and doesn’t help us even slightly. Positive shame, on the other hand, is recognizing when we’ve harmed ourselves or anyone else and feeling sorry for having done so. It allows us to grow wiser from our mistakes. Eventually it dawns on us that we can regret causing harm without becoming weighed down by negative shame. Just seeing the hurt and heartbreak clearly motivates us to move on. By acknowledging what we did, cleanly and compassionately, we go forward.” — Pema Chödron
- “I know it isn’t cruelty or shame that characterises the human race. It’s forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would’ve annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history. Without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness. Without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive. We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.” — Gregory David Roberts
Videos Played:
Why Our Bias is Costing Us – Anurag Gupta
Brené Brown on Blame
Forgiveness (https://gratituderevealed.com/portfolio/forgiveness/)
Home by Warsan Shire (read by the poet)