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Well Being with Don Oakley

How Do You Do?

When we meet someone for the first time, we may politely, but mindlessly, say, “How do you do?” But the question is actually quite profound and deserves a better answer than “fine.” How do we do what we do? Are we the doer of our actions? How do we choose which actions to take? Are we in control of the outcome? We may have heard, “Thy will be done,” but is that all the time or just when we are in deep trouble. This is fruitful territory for inquiry.
Broadcast on:
27 Jan 2021

When we meet someone for the first time, we may politely, but mindlessly, say, “How do you do?” But the question is actually quite profound and deserves a better answer than “fine.” How do we do what we do? Are we the doer of our actions? How do we choose which actions to take? Are we in control of the outcome? We may have heard, “Thy will be done,” but is that all the time or just when we are in deep trouble. This is fruitful territory for inquiry.