Ep. 270 – Ritual as a Language and Gateway to the Heart with Thomas Hübl, PhD
01/01/25 • 39 min
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Jack and Thomas explore how ritual serves as a powerful language for opening the heart and living joyfully through life’s challenges.
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"Ritual and symbol become a gateway back to the heart to our deep connection. When we have that in spiritual life, things open up in a different way." – Jack Kornfield
In Part 1 of this episode originally airing for Dr. Hübl’s ‘Spiritual Healing Journey Summit,’ Jack and Thomas mindfully explore:
- How to live joyfully through difficult times
- Finding the wonder of “everyday grace”
- Reducing suffering through spiritual practice
- Western Psychology and Eastern Spirituality
- Interconnection and opening to the great web of being
- Relational mindfulness and communal mindfulness
- Ritual as a language and gateway to the heart
- How to talk with nature and speak for the trees
- The transformation of having true mentors and guides
- Service, activism, and navigating burnout
- Paying attention and listening to each other and nature
"The nuclear waste of what you've been through can burn in some way that it becomes the fuel for energy and light. It gets transformed in the reactor of the heart and you have a power now." – Jack Kornfield
“No amount of nanotechnology, A.I., space technology, or biotechnology is going to save us. Because the source of hatred, war, racism, conflict, exploitation, and climate disruption is in the human heart. That’s where it starts and where it grows from. Therefore, the outer developments which are becoming really remarkable have to be matched by the inner developments of humanity.” – Jack Kornfield
About Thomas Hübl, PhD:
Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma.
He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. For more info, books, podcast, and upcoming offerings, please visit thomashuebl.com
Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield” a year-long online program beginning Jan 2025! Join at bit.ly/Awakening2025
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Jack and Thomas explore how ritual serves as a powerful language for opening the heart and living joyfully through life’s challenges.
This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self.
"Ritual and symbol become a gateway back to the heart to our deep connection. When we have that in spiritual life, things open up in a different way." – Jack Kornfield
In Part 1 of this episode originally airing for Dr. Hübl’s ‘Spiritual Healing Journey Summit,’ Jack and Thomas mindfully explore:
- How to live joyfully through difficult times
- Finding the wonder of “everyday grace”
- Reducing suffering through spiritual practice
- Western Psychology and Eastern Spirituality
- Interconnection and opening to the great web of being
- Relational mindfulness and communal mindfulness
- Ritual as a language and gateway to the heart
- How to talk with nature and speak for the trees
- The transformation of having true mentors and guides
- Service, activism, and navigating burnout
- Paying attention and listening to each other and nature
"The nuclear waste of what you've been through can burn in some way that it becomes the fuel for energy and light. It gets transformed in the reactor of the heart and you have a power now." – Jack Kornfield
“No amount of nanotechnology, A.I., space technology, or biotechnology is going to save us. Because the source of hatred, war, racism, conflict, exploitation, and climate disruption is in the human heart. That’s where it starts and where it grows from. Therefore, the outer developments which are becoming really remarkable have to be matched by the inner developments of humanity.” – Jack Kornfield
About Thomas Hübl, PhD:
Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma.
He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. For more info, books, podcast, and upcoming offerings, please visit thomashuebl.com
Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield” a year-long online program beginning Jan 2025! Join at bit.ly/Awakening2025
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Ep. 269 – Holiday Special Pt. 2 – A Lamp in the Darkness: Setting Intentions for the Return of the Light
Shining a lamp in the darkness, Jack offers a heartwarming holiday story, guided meditation, angelic chant, and powerful intention setting ceremony for the New Year and beyond.
Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield” a year-long online program beginning Jan 2025!
“May your holidays and the turning of the seasons bring new light, great love, wisdom, and understanding into your life, to all your touch, and across this beautiful blue-green globe.” – Jack Kornfield
In part 2 of this special holiday series, Jack merrily shares:
- A heartwarming Christmas Dharma story to relax the mind
- Learning the true and boundless joy of making others happy
- A powerful “Just Like Me” two-person guided meditation practice
- Transforming the world through seeing the beauty of those around us
- Setting the compass of your heart for our highest good and intention
- Creating your own New Year’s vow, and becoming a lamp in the darkness for those in need
- A special blessing-cord ceremony—an intention setting ritual for the turning of the seasons, the New Year, and the returning of the light
- The angelic, holy, chanting of the of the mantra, “Namoh”
“How do we respond to this world? You sit and you sweep the garden. You have the capacity as a human being incarnating in this life—with your measure of suffering and the beauty you have—to respond in extraordinary ways.” – Jack Kornfield
“I did a blessing cord ceremony 40 years ago together with Lama Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and somebody raised their hand and said to him, ‘What exactly do these protect you from?’ And he said, ‘Why yourself, of course,’ which is a main protection that human beings need.” – Jack Kornfield
This episode was originally recorded for the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday Night Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation Livestream on 12/14/15. Learn more about Spirit Rock’s offerings. Join Jack’s next event.
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Ep. 271 – Diffusing Triggers, Reframing Trauma, and Surviving Suffering with Thomas Hübl, PhD
Opening the doorway to transformation, Jack and Dr. Hübl explore spiritual discernment, identity, “central casting,” overcoming nervous system triggers, reframing trauma, and more.
Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield” a year-long online program beginning Jan 2025, but join anytime.
The ‘wisdom of insecurity’ is to learn that it’s okay to feel insecure—that it’s part of our human law—and to love anyway.” – Jack Kornfield
In Part 2 of this episode originally airing for Dr. Hübl’s ‘Spiritual Healing Journey Summit,’ Jack and Thomas mindfully explore:
- Spiritual community, idealism, disillusionment, and healing spiritual injury
- Jack’s experience “pressure testing” his teacher Ajahn Chah
- Trading our “blind faith” for “spiritual discernment”
- Living in joy with a free heart amidst it all
- Ram Dass, identity, and “central casting”
- Seeing past our identities/roles to our Divine Nature while still fully honoring them
- Reframing “trauma” with Buddha’s lens of suffering
- Healing the nervous system and it’s triggers
- Expanding our loving kindness to encompass all beings
- Walking through the doorway of transformation and dissolving the cosmos into love
- How to deal with our trauma and learn to live with suffering
- Reaching out and healing the part of the world we can touch
- The Bodhisattva vow as fostering the awakening of the heart
- Opening to the “wisdom of insecurity”
“Spiritual practice is to remember your true divine nature, and also your social security number, your particular role which ‘central casting’ has placed you in at this time.” – Jack Kornfield
"Disillusionment is part of the spiritual path, baby. It is! You have to see with the eyes of the Buddha to see the truth of suffering and greed and hatred, and also see that it's not the end of the story, that that's not who you are." – Jack Kornfield
About Thomas Hübl, PhD:
Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma.
He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. For more info, books, podcast, and upcoming offerings, please visit thomashuebl.com
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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