Aug 28, 2026 · 21 min · 7 segments
This week Olivia explores what helps us sustain and deepen our practice over time—not through force or discipline alone, but by following curiosity, connection, and a wholesome desire to understand…
But for me, the path is much more personal than that, than these steps.
It's sort of noticing, where do I feel that internal pull? Where, when I hear something, does something ignite in me? It doesn't have to be huge, just something tiny.
And so using Wild Heart as an example, maybe something from a Tuesday night talk stays with you all week.
That little poll, something that comes up throughout the week that you're like, oh, we talked about that.
Or maybe it's a phrase from a meditation.
What is my mind discovering? What is here to be discovered? Or may I be at ease? Or maybe you hear a teaching from either one of us and you think, wait, what does that actually mean? Like, I'm actually confused, but that's still a poll.
That's still the curiosity.
And so maybe it's something that challenges you.
Maybe it's something that makes you feel emotional.
The Dharma often makes me feel emotional, or maybe it's simply something that you're curious about and you want to know more.
And so instead of moving initially or immediately, rather moving away from those feelings or thoughts and being like, ah, pleasant.
Okay.
Bye.
We can turn towards them.
That's wholesome desire moving towards those things.
that our minds are curious about.
One of the first Buddhist books that I read, which if you've been coming here long enough, you know, is The Way of Tenderness by Zenju Earthlin-Manuel.
And that book held so many insights for me, like nearly every other page was like a corner turned down, something that I wanted to revisit or come back to.
The way she spoke about race, in Buddhism, the way she's talked about identity as it relates to Buddhism.
There were just so many ways that her experience, because the way of tenderness is largely about her exploring her identity through the path, resonated with mine and the things that I had questions about or the things that I became curious about.
But for me, the path is much more personal than that, than these steps.
It's sort of noticing, where do I feel that internal pull? Where, when I hear something, does something ignite in me? It doesn't have to be huge, just something tiny.
And so using Wild Heart as an example, maybe something from a Tuesday night talk stays with you all week.
That little poll, something that comes up throughout the week that you're like, oh, we talked about that.
Or maybe it's a phrase from a meditation.
What is my mind discovering? What is here to be discovered? Or may I be at ease? Or maybe you hear a teaching from either one of us and you think, wait, what does that actually mean? Like, I'm actually confused, but that's still a poll.
That's still the curiosity.
And so maybe it's something that challenges you.
Maybe it's something that makes you feel emotional.
The Dharma often makes me feel emotional, or maybe it's simply something that you're curious about and you want to know more.
And so instead of moving initially or immediately, rather moving away from those feelings or thoughts and being like, ah, pleasant.
Okay.
Bye.
We can turn towards them.
That's wholesome desire moving towards those things.
that our minds are curious about.
One of the first Buddhist books that I read, which if you've been coming here long enough, you know, is The Way of Tenderness by Zenju Earthlin-Manuel.
And that book held so many insights for me, like nearly every other page was like a corner turned down, something that I wanted to revisit or come back to.
The way she spoke about race, in Buddhism, the way she's talked about identity as it relates to Buddhism.
There were just so many ways that her experience, because the way of tenderness is largely about her exploring her identity through the path, resonated with mine and the things that I had questions about or the things that I became curious about.
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