Two things I learned from monastics last week

Dear Friends,

I’ve had quite a full two weeks, hosting 8 monastics from Plum Village plus three non-monastic friends and coordinating their evening of mindfulness and music in Baltimore. 

Two of the things I absorbed living and working with these deep practitioners were (1) Letting go of worrying about small things that went wrong and trusting that things will work out and (2) Deeply caring about each other while also being a sovereign, whole person. Not beholden to anyone or anything else. Free and complete just as we are.

As Thich Nhat Hanh has said, “Don't take refuge in anything, anyone, except in the island inside.” This gives us the freedom to act out of love and not grasping.  

Please enjoy this recording of one of the songs performed at the music events based on Thich Nhat Hanh’s poem Little Star in his book of poems, Call Me by my True Names.