217. The Basic Goodness that you Possess, whether you know it or not.

In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon talks about virtue signaling—the notion that annoying people love to annoyingly talk, tweet, or otherwise show off their perfect little values—values they may not actually care about.

“It’s incumbent on all of us to grow up, examine our hearts—our capacity to care about one another. Nothing’s wimpy about that. Nothing’s stronger than caring. And nothing’s weaker than oppressing others, or being incapable or scared to feel compassion.” ~ Waylon Lewis 

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Waylon Lewis reads his book, "Things I Would Like to Do with You," and discusses the Buddhist Notion of Love at the Boulder Book Store in February of 2018. Like the book, the talk is timeless.

In his live introduction, Waylon asks himself, “What kind of marriage vow could I possibly take to what kind of person and mean it?” Listen to Waylon read and discuss love and loneliness in modern-day society from a Buddhist point of view.

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Waylon asks a question of the I Ching with the help of longtime Buddhist friend Catherine Pilfrey's easy, fun, and modern new card deck from Shambhala Publications.

Have you ever consulted with the I Ching? Learn how to use it to help you navigate change and questions in your life’s path.

"The I Ching is called The Book of Changes. So it's about how to understand change in our life and how to work with change in our life. And that change is constantly happening." ~ Catherine Pilfrey

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In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon talks about something we all naturally have. 

“This is basic: Basic Goodness. You have it. Beneath all of our good and not so great qualities, there it is. Reconnect with it by simply appreciating your world.” ~ Waylon Lewis

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In this episode, we're sharing a classic, yet unreleased episode from a 2018 interview with Waylon Lewis and his mentor-from-afar Bo Burlingham, author of one of Waylon's two most-recommended books ever (the other is Pema Chodron, Buddhist author).

Bo Burlingham, journalist, business writer for Inc. of many years, is the author of Small Giants, which Waylon calls one of "his favorite Life-Helpful ‪‎Mindful‬ Books."

*Sadly, the audio is rough at moments in the recorded video, so we've only provided a clip of the audio as a podcast. For the full conversation in video (free!) with captions, find it on Elephant Journal.

In this week's Mindful Monday video and podcast, while traveling to visit Mama Lewis in Halifax, Waylon shares 4 mindful travel tips.

Bonus mindful traveling tip: I almost never get a phone plan, to get a needed break from using/checking phone, but of course can still use it when on wifi for calls, Google Maps, texting, social/work. ~ Waylon

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