[GBF] New Talk: Returning Home to Our Refuge - David Lewis

 [GBF] New Talk: Returning Home to Our Refuge - David Lewis

"Returning Home to Our Refuge" with David Lewis

In this stressful world, there are many things we can do to alleviate our suffering and the world's, but there's only so much we can change. That's when it becomes important to realize the ways in which we are powerless, and to take refuge from the resulting stress.

In this talk, David Lewis shares that true refuge is not a place or a person, it is within us. We can find peace and serenity regardless of what is happening outside of us.

David likens mindfulness practice to the 'Home' button on an iPad tablet. When we get confused or anxious, we can use it to return again to a familiar starting point. Just as in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy discovered that her red shoes were the key to returning home, when we pause for a moment, we will realize that we are always at home if we can only appreciate it.
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Listen to the full talk here:

.https://gaybuddhist.org/podcast/returning-home-to-our-refuge-david-lewis/