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Tim Ferriss · 2024-07-03

Elizabeth Gilbert and Jack Kornfield

Elizabeth Gilbert and Jack Kornfield

Recommended on this episode

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East Coker (Four Quartets)

T.S. Eliot

“that has gotten me through some of the darkest times in my life; sometimes when people I know are grieving... I will give them that poem”
“a poem by TS Elliot called East Coker that has gotten me through some of the darkest times in my life some of those moments”— Elizabeth Gilbert
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The Wolf Hall Trilogy

Hilary Mantel

“I'm so in love with Hillary mantel; it's just a bow down moment; imagine if all three Godfather movies were as good as the first two”
“I'm so in love with Hillary mantel who wrote The Wolf Hall Trilogy about Henry VII and won the booker prize for the first two installments”— Elizabeth Gilbert
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School for The Work (Byron Katie training)

Byron Katie

“it's the most important thing I've ever done for myself; everybody look up byra K she's amazing”
“if you have the chance to ever take her nay school for the work it's the most important thing I've ever done for myself”— Elizabeth Gilbert
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The Book of Joy

Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu (inferred)

“there's a wonderful book... called The Book Of Joy”
“there's a wonderful book that came out last year the year before called The Book Of Joy which was a conversation between the Dal Lama and Archbishop tutu”— Jack Kornfield
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The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

“one of my favorite recent books is called the better angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker”
“one of my favorite recent books is called the better angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker and he's a remarkable Professor”— Jack Kornfield
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Bury the Chains

Adam Hochschild (inferred)

“there's a wonderful book called bury the chain”
“there's a wonderful book called bury the chain which is about the ending of slavery in the British Empire starting with this handful of men”— Jack Kornfield

The guest's own work

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Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert

“the number one New York Times bestselling author of 10 books including eat prey love and big magic creative living beyond fear”— Tim Ferriss
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Elizabeth Gilbert

“author of 10 books including eat prey love and big magic creative living beyond fear which together have sold more than 25 million copies”— Tim Ferriss
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City of Girls

Elizabeth Gilbert

“which together have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide and her latest book city of girls you can find Elizabeth on Twitter”— Tim Ferriss
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Bringing Home the Dharma

Jack Kornfield

“author of 16 books including bringing home the Dharma and seeking the heart of wisdom and a founding teacher of the insight meditation Society”— Tim Ferriss
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Seeking the Heart of Wisdom

Jack Kornfield

“author of 16 books including bringing home the Dharma and seeking the heart of wisdom and a founding teacher”— Tim Ferriss
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Vast Is the Sky (Sounds True program)

Jack Kornfield

“I have a whole series of great programs with sounds true soundstrue.com that include meditations on the Mind vast is the sky”— Jack Kornfield
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A Lamp in the Darkness

Jack Kornfield

“one of the books I've done is called a lamp in the darkness and it contains I think eight or nine different guided practices”— Jack Kornfield
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Mindfulness Daily (40-day Sounds True program)

Jack Kornfield

“there's a 40-day program called mindfulness daily which is 15 minutes a day or 12 minutes a day depending on the segment”— Jack Kornfield
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The Power of Awareness (Sounds True training)

Jack Kornfield

“and then it builds up there's then a deeper training called power of awareness”— Jack Kornfield
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Guided Meditations (Sounds True download)

Jack Kornfield

“there's one called guided meditations that's you know a download it's like 10 bucks or something and it has a loving kindness practice”— Jack Kornfield
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The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace

Jack Kornfield

“I have a little book called The Art of forgiveness loving kindness and peace which is very simple stories and practices”— Jack Kornfield
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A Path with Heart

Jack Kornfield

“then you could look at one of my bigger books like a path with heart or the wise heart the guide to the principles of Buddhist psychology”— Jack Kornfield
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The Wise Heart

Jack Kornfield

“like a path with heart or the wise heart the guide to the principles of Buddhist psychology”— Jack Kornfield
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After the Ecstasy, the Laundry

Jack Kornfield

“you have some of my favorite book titles I've ever heard by the way including after the Ecstasy the laundry which maybe we could touch on”— Tim Ferriss

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Leaves of Grass (Song of Myself)

Walt Whitman

“another poet who gets me is Walt Whitman and Walt Whitman saying describing himself in a Song of Myself describing himself as standing both in and out of the game”— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Breaking Bad

AMC (inferred)

“I'm thinking of the ending of Breaking Bad that whole show but like the last moments... it felt both surprising and inevitable”— Elizabeth Gilbert
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The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola (inferred)

“imagine if all three Godfather movies were as good as the first two imagine if Godfather Part three was just as good as one and two”— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Be Here Now

Ram Dass

“spending time with rdos who for listeners that don't know was the author of this bestseller in the 60s called be here now”— Jack Kornfield
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Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman

“Dan Gman who wrote emotional intelligence that sold 10 million copies and many others”— Jack Kornfield
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MediTrain (MediMind meditation training software)

Adam Gazzaley (inferred)

“you've already collaborated successfully with Adam on software like mediteran me d t r a i n which was one of the tools Adam has used”— Tim Ferriss
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Search Inside Yourself (Google class)

Chade-Meng Tan

“another friend of mine Chade mtan who created the search insidey yourself classic Google he was a very early engineer which became the most oversubscribed class”— Tim Ferriss
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Tribe

Sebastian Junger

“Sebastian younger who is a wartime journalist has co-produced and shot a number of really Haring documentary films including Restrepo and most recently wrote a book called tribe”— Tim Ferriss
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Restrepo

Sebastian Junger (inferred)

“has co-produced and shot a number of really Haring documentary films including Restrepo and most recently wrote a book called tribe”— Tim Ferriss