Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis

273. The Buddhist Notion of Groundlessness (is Actually Good News).


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This week on our longrunning, ongoing “Walk the Talk Show” podcast and video series:

 "Groundlessness is something Buddhism talks about a lot. And you think, well, groundlessness, that sounds pretty bad. We always want ground beneath our feet. 

We want to be able to ground into Mother Earth, connect with the heavens above, connect with our hearts, our shoulders, connect with society. That's actually a meditation practice in the Buddhist tradition.

But groundlessness is something that all of us go through. When we're having a hard time, when we're lonely, when we're feeling rejected, feeling confused, feeling lost...we tend to want to close down or blame other...or blame self, which can lead to depression. We want to find the ground..." ~ Waylon H. Lewis 

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