By Joan Halifax — 2020
Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on the idea of “wise hope” and why we should open ourselves to it.
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As we open up to life and love and each other, as we awaken from our dream of separation, we encounter not just the bliss of existence, but its pain, too; not only life’s ecstasy, but also its agony.
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