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10. ZalthoLIVE: Giving witness, Living Zen out loud, Setting daily priorities
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These are questions and topics that Claude AnShin Thomas - fully ordained Zen Buddhist Monk in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition - reflects on. He reminds the listener of how to stay awake to life and how to understand the trappings of a deluded mind more deeply.
Here brief notes about this episode's themes:
Giving witness/bearing witness - Encourage to be revealing of oneself, to not skate around on the surface of things, to explore the depth of our conditioning in a verbal way
Recognizing excuses for not-practicing meditation
Living practice out loud - It’s about sitting, it’s about pausing before eating - application of meditation in all of my daily affairs, not hiding my commitment, for instance in my case wearing robes - being more slow, talk less, be more deliberate
Working with the feelings connected with the trauma of injuring your hand – re-visiting using the saw
Memories that touch sadness - learning to hold the feelings
Perceiving interconnectedness in life – having a keen awareness, not always possible to put into words
Decisions on setting priorities - a big part is accepting life as it is - going ahead with what wants or needs to be done - to not over-think things
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Want to read up on this topic? Book recommendations:
- Bringing Meditation to Life - 108 Teachings on the Path of Zen Practice
- AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003)
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