Talk 4: The Miraculous Fabric of Life

This talk was September 14 at 5:30 pm PDT. Please join us for the upcoming talks. You can find an overview here. You can also register here for the entire series and get access to the recording of this talk, and all the past talks. This talk is in English, with translation to Chinese and Spanish.

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If we begin to think of miracles as everyday occurrences, we could notice them all around us, and maybe even within ourselves…. Seeing miracles every day does not take away from the grand and unexplainable but expands our ideas of what miracles can be: every blossom of a flower, every push and pull of the tide, every time we breathe in, and every time we breathe out. If we reignited our curiosities, we could see that miracles are the fabric of our very existence. — Mimi Zhu

Mimi Zhu is a queer Chinese–Australian author, writer, and artist based in Brooklyn, New York. They explore the intersections of love and fear through the healing power of the written word in essays in The New York Times, The Guardian and VICE among others, Instagram, and their debut book, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy and Connection, published in 2022 by Penguin Life. 

Be Not Afraid of Love is a compassionate, candid story and reflection about trauma they experienced, drawing on the wisdom of philosophers and teachers like Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and Thích Nhất Hạnh to help illuminate their journey from fear and disenchantment to a joyous connection with the “wows” of intimacy and everyday life. 

Learn more about Mimi Zhu

This fourth talk, The Miraculous Fabric of Life, with Mimi Zhu is on Thursday, September 14, at 5:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). The talk is in English, with translation live to Spanish, and Chinese.

This talk is part of the entire Be Wise Go Kind: Awaken Awe series, featuring a new talk every two weeks. You can find an easy overview of the series here. Following the series of talks, there will be a day-long experiential program with special guests, at Nalanda West in Seattle and online.

Recordings of the talks will be made available until Thursday, December 14, 2023. 

Pricing

There is a pricing page available for Latin American countries. If you are from a Latin American speaking country, please click this link.

This talk:

$ 21 – Standard ticket
$ 40 – Sponsor ticket (this helps us offer scholarships to those in need)

You can also register for the entire series: 

$ 108 – Standard ticket
$ 210 – Sponsor ticket (this helps us offer scholarships to those in need)

Curious about all the different talks? Please find an easy overview here. 

Scholarships

If these prices are beyond your budget, please know we would still like to help you attend the program and would be happy to offer you a scholarship. Thanks to our many supporters around the world and their generous offerings, we are able to make this and many more programs available, regardless of one’s financial situation. If you need assistance, please click here to access our scholarship page and fill in the form to request a scholarship.