Our series of brief conversations and blog posts continues, exploring the notion of wisdom in the 2020s!
Hosted by the Primrose Hill Golden Civilisation Conversation community, we have taken the following motif to guide our exploration:
‘What might we ask most of our wisdom in these challenging times? As individuals, as families, as communities, as organisations, as society more broadly?’
Do please now tune into George Kinder’s extraordinary exploration of ‘The Map of Mindfulness and the Impermanence of the Present Moment’ – the fifth in our series after Tim Heath’s mesmerising conversation on the ‘Wisdom and Possibility of the Dissenting Imagination’
Author, activist and leader of the Life Planning and Golden Civilisation movements, George brings vividly to life his notion that wisdom is the selfless understanding of the present moment and the impermanence that surrounds it; situates this notion in the context of these most challenging of times; and gives us intimate access to his own personal spiritual journey, his own exploration of wisdom throughout his life.
Just a few signposts to whet your appetite and guide you into the conversation – Please dive in!!
Going to the root of things, the elemental within us…..letting go of self, embracing selflessness…..accessing all the wonderful virtues that lie deep within us….generosity, kindness, courage
Relationship to time, breaking our attachment to the past, to the future…..embracing the present moment, not with neurosis but with generosity and creativity
‘The wisest we can be in the present moment, the deeper the impact we can have in the world’
The profound value of a spiritual practice ‘that does not pull down some other belief system’. ‘For me, meditative practice, relationship with the present moment, relationship with the breath… several hours a day or ten minutes….endlessly rewarding, endlessly challenging….emerging clearer, fresher, more engaged, delighted…..throwing us back into the world with vitality, energy and joy…..better able to engage healthily with the world’
‘Right now the darkest time I have ever experienced……Needing both interior wisdom – a deeper relationship with the present moment - and the transformation of hierarchies of power’
Look after our learning and growth by ‘going after every deep teaching in the world – don’t worry about the preliminaries, go for the depth’
Wow George, huge respect and thanks! – Please do connect with George at info@agoldencivilization.com, info@kinderinstitute.com, or www.georgekinder.com.
Many thanks to all those listening and do please take care.