Episode 207: Our Human Being
In this episode, Our Human Being, Elizabeth shares how, as electronic communication, machine intelligence and global culture become more a part of our world, she is feeling a deep personal need to examine and clarify what it means to be human. She brings her inquiry into the Buddhist context by questioning what the Buddha meant when he said that it is in the human realm that we have the great potential for awakening. “We often don’t appreciate the power of our plight and our gifts.There is something both tragic and touching about it all.” Elizabeth questions the belief that spirituality is a way to transcend our humanness rather than learning to be fully human.
Original music in this episode by Chime Mattis.