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#11 - How to Get What You Want (Without Toxic Positivity or Wishful Thinking)
In this episode of Being Different Together, Kelly and Nyssa break down one of Buddhism’s most practical (and misunderstood) teachings: emptiness—using the now-famous story of the pen. Is it a pen or a chew toy? It depends who’s looking.
Drawing from the Heart Sutra, the Diamond Sutra, and modern life at the kitchen table (complete with dog Poppy chewing pens), they explore how reality doesn’t come from objects themselves, but from the karmic seeds and meanings our minds project onto them.
You’ll also learn a simple 4-step Buddhist-inspired method for “getting what you want”—whether that’s…
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