Welcome to the Buddhist Boot Camp Podcast. Our intention is to awaken, enlighten, enrich, and inspire a simple and uncomplicated life. Discover the benefits of mindful living with your host, Timber Hawkeye.

This episode will be slightly more brazen than the gentle invitations to self-reflect that you've heard from me before. And that's because after hearing the news of Desmond Tutu's death last month,

it felt like the first of a Trinity, with Tikat Han and the Dalai Lama not far behind.

The sorrow I feel is not from the inevitability of this.

I just can't think of anyone in the next generation to pick up the baton so to speak.

Nobody is without flaws so it's important we not expect perfection.

It's just that our quote-unquote leaders today are in capitalism, electric cars, and space travel,

though we do have Great Toutunberg for environmentalism, for example, which is great,

but who will lead non-sectarian spirituality beyond religion

the way these teachers have been doing for decades?

Those who have passed will be remembered forever in books, that's true.

But I believe we need living modern day trailblazers for us to emulate.

And since nobody of that caliber comes to mind,

this episode is a call to action, so buckle up. Follow my train of thought.

Enlightenment is not reserved for the select few. It is essentially embodied

mindfulness, which we can all do.

Another word for mindful is considerate,

which makes mindlessness inconsiderate,

but consideration of what?

When we talk about being mindful,

we talk about raising our awareness of the ripple effects

of our thoughts, words, and actions.

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