Sometimes a single moment of insight can change how we see ourselves or the world. But how do we turn that insight into something lasting? In this talk, Dr. Rick Hanson explores two essential elements of transformation: sudden awakening and gradual cultivation. Sometimes change begins with a moment of insight, when we suddenly see something clearly. But lasting transformation comes from what we do with that insight, day after day. Learn practical ways to develop new habits, strengthen inner resources, and gradually become more of who you truly are.
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Talk: The Two Keys to Any Kind of Change for the Better
Time codes & main topics:
00:00 – The Two Keys to Transformation
04:12 – Three Ways to Make Lasting Changes
12:49 – Buddhist Wisdom and the Roots of Suffering
18:10 – Building Resilience and Meeting Your Needs
21:52 – Taking In the Good vs. Clinging
25:19 – Sudden Awakening and Our True Nature
29:21 – Interdependence, Emptiness, and the Self
37:58 – Cultivating Stillness, Vastness, and Awakening
A Meditation: Tranquility and Spaciousness: Doorways into Stillness and Vastness
In this guided meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson invites you to settle into a deep sense of tranquility, spaciousness, and inner peace. Beginning with gentle awareness of the body and breath, you’ll explore the stillness beneath passing thoughts and feelings, and gradually open to a sense of vastness within your awareness and the world around you. Discover how to rest in the peaceful, spacious qualities of your own nature, infused with love.
