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Suffering & imagination creativity

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Rupi Kaur on Love and Pain, Suffering and Joy with Lewis Howes

In this episode you will learn how Rupi’s poems come to her, why our idea of success is so skewed, what causes us to become our own enemy, and how to teach yourself to write from a place of love versus pain.

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Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering

In Drops Like Stars, the New York Times bestselling author of Love Wins explores the complex relationship between suffering and creativity. Rob Bell (“One of the country’s most influential evangelical pastors” —New York Times) suggests that art can be found in the agony of our lives.

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How Can Studying Poetry Help End Suffering? Mark Epstein M.D. : Buddhism Explained

This video is excerpted from the Tibet House US Member Archive Recordings from "From Anxiety, Addiction & Depression to Love, Relief & Understanding: A Buddhist Approach" held in New York City in May 2018.

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FindCenterAs my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

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A Conversation with Alice Walker

The bestselling author discusses her role as a global citizen and her connection with nature, history, and activism

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Moving from Emptiness: The Life and Art of a Zen Dude

Where does creativity come from? Zen calligraphic painter Alok Hsu Kwang-han proposes that it arises from emptiness, from that silent space where the intelligence prior to thought resides.

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FindCenterRemember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

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