E68 - Rooted & Unwavering Podcast - April 3 - Hylke Faber & Lodro Rinzler

<p>Basically Bad or Basically Good?</p><p>“Feeling myself, life feels workable. I feel a sense of goodness,” shares Lodro Rinzler, best-selling and award-winning author of eight books, including his latest one “You Are Good You Are Enough.” We may believe that we are an anxious, angry or depressed person. “We have a choice,” shares Lodro, “do we want to stay in that story, or look a little deeper?” Slowing down, being mindful, we come to realize that our mind is much more workable and adaptable than we think. Ziji, the Tibetan word for confidence, authentic presence may arise in us as we slow down and repeatedly choose to bring our mind back to remembering that we are basically good already.  This is not about belief, it’s about letting ourselves experience that we are good enough already. Maybe take a few conscious deep breaths, take a walk in nature or look at the sky. See what the world looks like when you relax a bit more. Let basic goodness arise in you. Then people we don’t like, events that are painful and other life challenges still may feel hard and yet,  having habituated ourselves to the view that underneath it all we and everyone else are basically good already, we may experience a sense of peace and kindness that makes our relationship with the outside world more workable.</p><p><br></p>