“When the story gets good, and this TV show in the mind about us — when that character who we take ourselves to be is winning — it’s pretty awesome, right? And so I found that my capacity to put that down and not be seduced by it really came with holding with compassion and understanding just how much I long for those states.” — Gene Lushtak
Few have taken the time to look closely at, understand, and teach about what happens when joy in the form of excitement becomes problematic. But this gem from writer, filmmaker, and dharma teacher Gene Lushtak is a really great start to an important conversation about joy with others or shared joy. Understanding the ways that exuberance can override a holistic approach to both individual as well as collective transformational well-being — an approach that actually listens fully to all parts and all people — may be, in fact, a much needed antidote to unconscious mechanisms that perpetuate status quo power structures.
Few have taken the time to look closely at, understand, and teach about what happens when joy in the form of excitement becomes problematic. But this gem from writer, filmmaker, and dharma teacher Gene Lushtak is a really great start to an important conversation about joy with others or shared joy. Understanding the ways that exuberance can override a holistic approach to both individual as well as collective transformational well-being — an approach that actually listens fully to all parts and all people — may be, in fact, a much needed antidote to unconscious mechanisms that perpetuate status quo power structures.
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