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Everyday Buddhism 107 - Your Heart Was Made for This with Oren Jay Sofer

Published: April 11, 2024, 6:29 p.m.

In this episode I talk with Oren Jay Sofer about his new book, Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity & Love.

Oren teaches meditation and communication internationally. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University and is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma.

Oren has practiced meditation in the early Buddhist tradition since 1997, beginning his studies in Bodh Gaya, India, and later spending 2-1/2 years living as an renunciate at branch monasteries in the Ajahn Chah Thai Forest lineage. He is a long-time student of Joseph Goldstein, Michele McDonald, and Ajahn Sucitto, and is a member of the Spirit Rock Teacher\u2019s Council.

Oren is also the author of the best-seller\xa0Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication and two books on teaching mindfulness to adolescents: The Mindful Schools Curriculum for Adolescents and Teaching Mindfulness to Empower Teens.

His teaching has reached people around the world through online communication courses and guided meditations, combining classical Buddhist training with the accessible language of secular mindfulness

In our conversation we talked about, among other things:

  • How our hearts REALLY are made for these times \u2026 Our hearts were made to awaken and if we can practice\u2014in small steps\u2014turning toward suffering, we enter a portal to transformation.
  • How the world shapes our hearts in ways not best for us and how we can practice shaping our own hearts.
  • How getting in touch with our true values will guide us through these challenging times.
  • How we need to consciously "change the channel" of our thoughts to be more aligned with our true values.
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