{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 49: Finding Joy in Knowing What Makes You Tick","description":"Episode 49: Finding Joy in Knowing What Makes You Tick  A \u201cJoy that has no opposite\u201d can be realized when we use mindfulness techniques to explore awareness. Happiness is wonderful too, but - as an emotion - comes and goes. The \u201cJoy of Being\u201d is always present. We discuss Joy as an essence of authentic human life that gets covered up by habitual thinking, discursive thoughts, and the overwhelm of negative information coming into our lives every day. Our usual ways of thinking, creating expectations, making judgments, reacting to news, making plans- all are part of what \u201cmakes us tick\u201d. By exploring the awareness of what \u201cmakes us tick\u201d, a perspective shift occurs as we begin to identify with the deeper sense of awareness where the \u201cJoy of Being\u201d is gradually realized. Interestingly, as we work with this, what \u201cmakes us tick\u201d will migrate towards the innate qualities of Joy, Peace, Love and Generosity \u2013 charting a path for an open hearted life with less suffering that is open and helpful to others. ","author_name":"Exploring Awareness","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/243959\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19199651\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/19199651"}