Connection part two: The practice of love
What 1,080 people from Aotearoa NZ offered as of infinite value. Discussed in the audio recording below.
“Yeah, we clash, but we're like all good. I've got mad love for [youth worker], straight up. He's one of the reasons why I come every day. He can bring a lot. His personality is on. He's talented, he's straight up, he's always encouraging me, he's always got love for me. Like he's always got time for me. He's a hard worker too, even though I give him hard times, he’ll still push[es] me to be successful.”
MYND participant interviewed by Leon Russell. Discussed in the audio recording below.
Prompts for reflection
What or who do you find easy to love?
What or who do you find difficult to love?
What is it that makes things/people etc. easy or hard to love?
Do you aspire to love better?
How do the communities you are part of encourage and/or discourage the practice of love?
Readings and resources
The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited by Clayborne Carson
Breathing under water: Spirituality and the twelve steps by Richard Rohr
Graeme Dingle Foundation and the MYND programme
Music
Heart Sutra by Lama Khenpo Pema Choephel Rinpoche.
Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa