Dr. Rick Hanson

It appeals to a kind of a determined, slightly obsessive-compulsive personality, which I'm sure I have, rock climbing, vroom, vroom, vroom. So it really fed me emotionally. So that was important. But I think also more broadly, as I've come to realize what we feel in nature and you reported it and neurologically, there's some interesting underlying circuitry related to this.

When you looked up at the sky this morning, And you had a sense of the vastness there. Early in the morning, I imagine it was quiet. And then you saw this SpaceX launch going up further, sense of awe coming through. I believe you've had Dr. Keltner on your show, friendly acquaintance of mine at Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, wonderful being.

When you looked up at the sky this morning, And you had a sense of the vastness there. Early in the morning, I imagine it was quiet. And then you saw this SpaceX launch going up further, sense of awe coming through. I believe you've had Dr. Keltner on your show, friendly acquaintance of mine at Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, wonderful being.

When you looked up at the sky this morning, And you had a sense of the vastness there. Early in the morning, I imagine it was quiet. And then you saw this SpaceX launch going up further, sense of awe coming through. I believe you've had Dr. Keltner on your show, friendly acquaintance of mine at Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, wonderful being.

And when we're out in nature, there's an openness. There's an opening that occurs that itself is inherently calming. When I was a boy, pretty unhappy growing up. There were two great refuges for me. One was science fiction, which also has that sense of vastness and vistas and exploration. And the woods around my home, the hills and the woods around my home.

And when we're out in nature, there's an openness. There's an opening that occurs that itself is inherently calming. When I was a boy, pretty unhappy growing up. There were two great refuges for me. One was science fiction, which also has that sense of vastness and vistas and exploration. And the woods around my home, the hills and the woods around my home.

And when we're out in nature, there's an openness. There's an opening that occurs that itself is inherently calming. When I was a boy, pretty unhappy growing up. There were two great refuges for me. One was science fiction, which also has that sense of vastness and vistas and exploration. And the woods around my home, the hills and the woods around my home.

And lately I've come to appreciate as well, and this goes to some deep topics related to contemplative practice and just life in general, that the openness and vastness in nature is was akin to the ultimate vastness in the mysterious, underlying, unconditioned, eternal ground of all.

And lately I've come to appreciate as well, and this goes to some deep topics related to contemplative practice and just life in general, that the openness and vastness in nature is was akin to the ultimate vastness in the mysterious, underlying, unconditioned, eternal ground of all.

And lately I've come to appreciate as well, and this goes to some deep topics related to contemplative practice and just life in general, that the openness and vastness in nature is was akin to the ultimate vastness in the mysterious, underlying, unconditioned, eternal ground of all.

And there was in me a longing for that ground, and I satisfied, to some extent, that longing through being in nature. And of course, in nature, to finish, certainly rock climbing, you really need to be mindful. You're not really focused. No, you absolutely

And there was in me a longing for that ground, and I satisfied, to some extent, that longing through being in nature. And of course, in nature, to finish, certainly rock climbing, you really need to be mindful. You're not really focused. No, you absolutely

And there was in me a longing for that ground, and I satisfied, to some extent, that longing through being in nature. And of course, in nature, to finish, certainly rock climbing, you really need to be mindful. You're not really focused. No, you absolutely

Yeah. Yeah. Beautiful.

Yeah. Yeah. Beautiful.

Yeah. Yeah. Beautiful.

Yeah, so I'm a quote-unquote senior fellow there. So it's an affiliation that I feel very honored by. And both our kids went to Berkeley, UC Berkeley. So there's a connection, Go Bears, as well. I think that the science... that can intersect with wisdom, including wisdom from First Nations people, indigenous wisdom, and then also certainly contemplative traditions.

Yeah, so I'm a quote-unquote senior fellow there. So it's an affiliation that I feel very honored by. And both our kids went to Berkeley, UC Berkeley. So there's a connection, Go Bears, as well. I think that the science... that can intersect with wisdom, including wisdom from First Nations people, indigenous wisdom, and then also certainly contemplative traditions.

Yeah, so I'm a quote-unquote senior fellow there. So it's an affiliation that I feel very honored by. And both our kids went to Berkeley, UC Berkeley. So there's a connection, Go Bears, as well. I think that the science... that can intersect with wisdom, including wisdom from First Nations people, indigenous wisdom, and then also certainly contemplative traditions.

When you bring those two together, it's a very powerful combination. And then when you apply it to the notion of the greater good, what is the greater good for all of us today? It's crucially important at this time in the social history of humanity, which if you look at has had many positive developments, certainly over the last 10 years, 100 years, 1,000 years, notwithstanding