Jack Kornfield - Heart Wisdom - Ep. 110 - Death, Identity, and the Heavenly Messengers

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Jack Kornfield elucidates the mysteries of death, birth, identity, and awareness on this episode of the Heart Wisdom Podcast.
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Facing the Mystery of Birth and Death
The term “amravati” translates to “the deathless.” It is that which goes beyond birth and death. We, like the Buddhist monk’s, have the ability to go out and offer a different vision to the world of birth and death. Jack tells a story of a meditation practitioner who was making great strides and decided to share his insights and visions with a master. The master told him he had missed the point, and that even his samadhi’s were simply just experiences. The only real question is, “To whom do they happen?”
“Turn your attention back to the one who knows, to the knowing, to the consciousness itself, because this is the gateway to the deathless, the gateway to liberation.” -Jack Kornfield
The Mirror of Awareness (11:16)
Deep down, we are always resting in awareness itself, in loving awareness. You are the awareness that knows experience. Like a mirror, awareness can reflect a myriad of beautiful and horrible visions, but the mirror is not to be confused for the reflections. The mirror simply knows whats there.
“Consciousness does not exist in time. The body is born and dies, and exists in time, but awareness itself is timeless, deathless, unborn, undying, and transparent like the sky, like a mirror.”
The Emptiness of Identification (40:00)
Identification has quality of emptiness to it, for our identifications change over time. When we are young we identify as youthful, as we age we identify as old. We can identify as conservative or liberal, as parent or child, as boss or worker. We switch roles and change our identifications all of the time. You die and are reborn in every moment. So, what does this say about our identification with this body, with being a separate entity?
“There is some way in your own experience that you know you are not just your body. You know you are not limited in this way… Remember who you really are. As you do, you begin to trust that you can die and be reborn over and over. I mean, every morning you are reborn at breakfast.” -Jack Kornfield
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My favorite talk by Jack. He covers so many topics so eloquently.

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Thanks Jack. A wonderful heart offering! 🙏💙 🕊

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Always grateful for Jack's wisdom!

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THIS IS AMAZING.

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I have been with the beauty of a dear one dying

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How come a woman can't be a Buddah?

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You are a Buddha