On the Journey
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOn the Journey is a podcast about healing, love, and life—celebrating and exploring what makes us human. The invitation is to move towards opening up to the depth and intricacy of our lives with all of their pains and joys through listening, care, and embodied presence. Elements from Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution and Nonviolent Communication are incorporated, as well as teachings from Thich Nhat Hanh, other spiritual guides, and leaders in healing and wellbeing. Episodes include contemplative practices, reflections, meditations, poetry, and conversations with others. Guided and curated by Brother Fulfillment (Aaron Solomon), a member of the Order of Interbeing founded by Thich Nhat Hanh, and former monastic in this order.
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Episodes
Trauma and Mindfulness Practice
December 08, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBThis is a Dharma Talk I offered at Deer Park Monastery on December 8, 2022. How can we integrate trauma awareness and healing into our mindfulness practice? Using Plum Village tradition practices in support of trauma healing on collective and individual levels.
Transition time
October 19, 2022 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBI’m saying farewell to NYC as I look west and am about to begin my travels to Deer Park Monastery. Reflecting on my time and work in the city and new possibilities. Reflecting on the where we are as a human family and supporting the processes of transformation and healing we so much need.
Spring Change
May 18, 2022 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBOriginally recorded on March 22nd, the second day of spring, I contemplate what it means to be a nonviolent revolutionary in the spirit of Thich Nhat Hanh and Extinction Rebellion. Framing this is healing ourselves and our collective trauma. Through awakening and healing, there is the possibility of making a collective response to the epic crisis of climate chaos. This crisis is already causing devastating destruction and will continue to unfold both slowly and rapidly, over the next decades...
What is possible?
December 08, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBWhat is possible for us, individually and collectively as we respond to the crises of the 21st century—social and ecological challenges on a global scale? We face challenges from wealth inequity & poverty to climate and ecological destruction, to patterns of violence, conflict & oppression. What does grounding in the body and becoming present with ourselves and each other, then looking deeply allow us to see? How can we respond wisely from a place of groundedness, fearlessness, and compassio...
Feeling felt
November 17, 2021 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWhat is it like to hold our own experiences and feelings? What allows us to do that? What's it like to do this for others, what's it like to be received or felt by others or the spaces around us? This episode explores some of these notions—grounding and connecting even when conditions around us are less than ideal—when there are stresses within us and around us. This is an invitation to feel together, to be present, to take the time to be there, to allow ourselves to be received by people an...
Touching beauty
October 07, 2021 19:00 - 8 minutes - 5.65 MBJoin me for this short guided practice on touching beauty. Grounding ourselves in the body in the present moment can often allow us to touch sources of beauty within us and around us. This in turn can create a deep sense of aliveness, resilience, and connection on our journey. Blessings on the way.
Compassion as the antidote to fear
September 21, 2021 01:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBAs our lives become increasingly complex and social systems are strained, uncertainty can lead to anxiety and fear. Cultivating compassion allows us to remain centered and to find ways toward engaged and meaningful responses to the challenges we face.
Being with overwhelm
August 13, 2021 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.95 MBAll of us experience being overwhelmed at times in our lives. We may feel a sense of hopelessness or despair, a feeling of being collapsed. Or we may feel intense fear and panic. Or it may be the energy of deep anger or rage. How do we relate to and practice with these energies? What can we do towards healing and transformation? How can we honor and respect this deeply human experience of being overwhelmed?
Love as connection
July 22, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBHow can we meet our deep need for love and connection? Thich Nhat Hanh's first mantra on love is "I am here for you." Presence is one of the most powerful dimensions of love—being present is being love. How can we access this kind of presence? One way to generate this kind of presence is through our practice of embodiment. This is the practice of being there, first of all for ourselves and our present moment experience, so that we can be present for our loved ones, for all life, and Mother E...
Hope
July 06, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 8.15 MBWhat is authentic hope? How it can support us on the path of practice. Includes a poem and some reflections on active hope.
What is your value?
June 28, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWhere does our value in the world come from? A meditative contemplation. Why do we deserve to eat today? Much of our sense of value comes from the 'work' that we do. This pattern of thinking and culture is many thousands of years old and deeply tied to our practice of agriculture and the ways in which we think about and create wealth. It also can give us insight into how as we exploit and oppress and are currently causing so much damage to life as a whole. Here we have a chance to meditate o...
What do you want today?
June 21, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 4.42 MBHi dear friends, here’s another poem, sharing as part of my 90-day healing journey. I’m two weeks in and feeling great. There have been ups and downs, but overall I can sense I’m learning and growing. One of my commitments during this time is to write in a journal every morning. This is what came today as I was reflecting on what was important today.
The healing journey
June 10, 2021 18:00 - 8 minutes - 5.53 MBThe healing journey. A check-in on my start to this 90-day healing journey. What is alive in your own healing journey? What are your commitments? An invitation to join me in some way on this journey. I share a poem called ‘The series’ which references ‘The guest house’ by Rumi. The talk I referred to between Stephen Porges and Gabor Mate is actually on the “Wisdom of Trauma” website. I highly recommend it! These recordings are extemporaneous and unedited. Just offering my presence in th...
In the flow of grace
June 08, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBHow do we enter the flow of grace, of self-acceptance and self-forgiveness, of acceptance and forgiveness for others? Personal reflections, a poem, "Who knows what grace is," and a longer guided meditation on grace, acceptance, and forgiveness—healing wounds from the past.