Suffering of Contemporary Society... The Minds We Choose and Practice

[@Kucho29]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Interiormythos]

KuchoGadea, we are grateful for your presence and affirmation. Thank you! If you wish to adopt a regular practice of exploring a deep personal journey within this 21st Century global village we share, consider the sequential steps of the “Life Journeys” series you can discover in the Playlists on this channel. We know of no more important practice for humanity today than re-connecting with the universal Deep Place and allowing this connection to modulate our thinking and action. Our world needs contemporary contemplative practitioners. We are grateful you discovered this channel. We hope you will return often and share your comments freely. The “Life Journey” series uses material from some of the greatest living teachers who are mostly unknown to the popular culture; including Abbot Shohaku Okumura, Sister Joan Chittister, and many others from the East and the West. These sequential cinematic art form modules guide one deeper and deeper into consciousness and the practices of a contemporary contemplative. Think of each module (Station) as a component of daily practice or study like a foundational dharma talk or contemplative catechism. To advance in becoming a contemplative practitioner, we suggest encountering one sequential module per day or some other regular schedule that works for you. The journey begins with “The Presence.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZbOl4Vnn9emodE. This sequential journey is an excellent opportunity for solitary inquiry or shared group discussion. We know of no stronger existing guided material to nurture a deep journey in today’s world; for a beginning seeker or a master. The top Comment listed under each module contains a context for the specific video on screen and a link to the next sequential station. We hope to see more comments and reflections from you again soon. We will always attempt to respond. Here is a link to a short context that will help you understand the “Life Journeys” series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHWmmad4j8mkn9k GO Deep!

[@GabrielBolkosky]

Thank you so much for this and the other videos.

[@Interiormythos]

Gabriel Bolkosky, we are grateful for your presence and affirmation. Thank you! If you wish to adopt a regular practice of exploring a deep personal journey within this 21st Century global village we share, consider the sequential steps of the “Life Journeys” series you can discover in the Playlists on this channel. We know of no more important practice for humanity today than re-connecting with the universal Deep Place and allowing this connection to modulate our thinking and action. Our world needs contemporary contemplative practitioners. We are grateful you discovered this channel. We hope you will return often and share your comments freely. The “Life Journey” series uses material from some of the greatest living teachers who are mostly unknown to the popular culture; including Abbot Shohaku Okumura, Sister Joan Chittister, and many others from the East and the West. These sequential cinematic art form modules guide one deeper and deeper into consciousness and the practices of a contemporary contemplative. Think of each module (Station) as a component of daily practice or study like a foundational dharma talk or contemplative catechism. To advance in becoming a contemplative practitioner, we suggest encountering one sequential module per day or some other regular schedule that works for you. The journey begins with “The Presence.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZbOl4Vnn9emodE. This sequential journey is an excellent opportunity for solitary inquiry or shared group discussion. We know of no stronger existing guided material to nurture a deep journey in today’s world; for a beginning seeker or a master. The top Comment listed under each module contains a context for the specific video on screen and a link to the next sequential station. We hope to see more comments and reflections from you again soon. We will always attempt to respond. Here is a link to a short context that will help you understand the “Life Journeys” series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHWmmad4j8mkn9k GO Deep!

[@GabrielBolkosky]

Thank you so much. I will look at all of this. It is calling me.

[@heekyungkim8147]

Thanks for your wisdom.

[@Interiormythos]

heekyung Kim, Thank you for this kind affirmation. We are grateful you discovered this channel. We hope you will return often and share your comments freely. The core teaching is presented in the “Life Journeys” series. (Check out the Playlists to encounter “Life Journey 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.” The “Life Journey” series uses material from some of the greatest living teachers who are mostly unknown to the popular culture; including Abbot Shohaku Okumura, Sister Joan Chittister, and many others from the East and the West. These sequential cinematic art form modules guide one deeper and deeper into consciousness and the practices of a contemporary contemplative. Think of each module as a component of daily practice or study like a foundational dharma talk or contemplative catechism. There are currently 49 “Stations.” To advance in becoming a contemplative practitioner, we suggest encountering one sequential module per day or some other regular schedule that works for you. The journey begins with “The Presence.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZbOl4Vnn9emodE. This sequential contemplative practitioner journey is an excellent opportunity for solitary inquiry or shared group discussion. We know of no stronger existing guided material to nurture a deep journey in today’s world; for a beginning seeker or a master. The top Comment listed under each module contains a context for the specific video on screen and a link to the next sequential station. We hope to see more comments and reflections from you again soon. We will always attempt to respond. Here is a link to a short context that will help you understand the “Life Journeys” series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHWmmad4j8mkn9k GO Deep!

[@deano1018]

🙏🏼📿🙏🏼📿🙏🏼📿

[@Interiormythos]

Dean, thank you for this affirmation. We are grateful you discovered this channel. You may also appreciate a previous interview with Abbot Okumura: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKvHiq2rZ5dmbLM Another nurturing exercise you may wish to consider is establishing a practice of going through the “Life Journey” series in sequence, one-at-a-time, on some regular schedule (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.). Many people are finding this helpful solitarily or to share with a friend or group discussion. The series uses material from some of the greatest living teachers who are mostly unknown to the popular culture; including Abbot Shohaku Okumura, Sister Joan Chittister, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Adam Bucko, and many others: East and West. All background music is provided by the cellist who opened for the Dalai Lama prior to his many on-site teachings all over the world. If you post a Comment at the end of a segment, others can be helped by your reflection. The journey begins with an awareness of “The Presence.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZbOl4Vnn9emodE. A sequential journey ensues. The top Comment listed under each module contains a context for the specific video on screen and a link to the next sequential station. Here is a link to a short context for the “Life Journeys” series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHWmmad4j8mkn9k Keep in touch. GO Deep!

[@frankchilds9848]

Thanks for mentioning Sawaki Kodo Roshi! I live in Honolulu in a Soto temple, and we have board meeting this week...I will recall this video! And hopefully survive with some sanity LOL 😂

[@Interiormythos]

Frank, best wishes with the board meeting. If the sanity does not survive, it is OK to embrace insanity, a state-of-being providing many more options for thinking and action! GO Deep!

[@lordjim5550]

素晴らしいです。ありがとうございます。

[@Interiormythos]

Lord Jim, you are welcome! Thank you for the affirmation. If you wish to adopt a regular practice of exploring a deep personal journey within this 21st Century global village we share, consider the sequential steps of the “Life Journeys” series you can discover in the Playlists on this channel. We know of no more important practice for humanity today than re-connecting with the universal Deep Place and allowing this connection to modulate our thinking and action. Our world needs contemporary contemplative practitioners. We are grateful you discovered this channel. We hope you will return often and share your comments freely. The “Life Journey” series uses material from some of the greatest living teachers who are mostly unknown to the popular culture; including Abbot Shohaku Okumura, Sister Joan Chittister, and many others from the East and the West. These sequential cinematic art form modules guide one deeper and deeper into consciousness and the practices of a contemporary contemplative. Think of each module (Station) as a component of daily practice or study like a foundational dharma talk or contemplative catechism. To advance in becoming a contemplative practitioner, we suggest encountering one sequential module per day or some other regular schedule that works for you. The journey begins with “The Presence.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZbOl4Vnn9emodE. This sequential journey is an excellent opportunity for solitary inquiry or shared group discussion. We know of no stronger existing guided material to nurture a deep journey in today’s world; for a beginning seeker or a master. The top Comment listed under each module contains a context for the specific video on screen and a link to the next sequential station. We hope to see more comments and reflections from you again soon. We will always attempt to respond. Here is a link to a short context that will help you understand the “Life Journeys” series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHWmmad4j8mkn9k GO Deep!

[@siewkonsum7291]

Abbot Shohaku Okumura 🙏🙏🙏 During Confucius's excursion to the countryside, he met a farmer who told him; _Yesterday I was clever trying to change the World;_ _Today I am wise to change myself instead!_ _Confucius, don't try to set the World to One's order;_ _As the World can always set itself to order all the time since time immemorial;_ _Otherwise Humanity shall have perished long, long time ago!_ Confucius was stunned by the farmer's wisdom!

[@Interiormythos]

Siew Kon Sum, may we all become wise farmers in the global village we share!

[@siewkonsum7291]

@@Interiormythos Yes, it's possible because every human is essentially enlightened but due to their ignorance - unable to realize their inner True Self thru' self Awakening - in order to 'see, testify & witness it - right in front of their eyes! 🙏🙏🙇

[@rafaelecattonar1506]

I have a question. I suffer epilepsy, tinnitus and I have my elbow in the wrong place (I don't know if this is important). Anyway, due to my mental and physical condition can a person like me reach Satori Enlightenment someday or should I wait for another life? Obviously, I don't mean I want to be enlightened tomorrow, within a year or decade. I mean when I will be in my 60s or 70s or even in my 80s. Thank you very much.

[@Interiormythos]

Rafael, thank you for this earnest and heartfelt question. According to Dōgen one of the primary practices of Zen is that of “dropping off body and mind.” We will not attempt to fully interpret this practice here. However, we will propose that the journey to enlightenment will not occur through some other or altered or "fixed” body in some other place or time or existence. Should any of us experience a moment or a lifetime of “enlightenment,” we suspect this will manifest somewhere in the midst of a radical NOW. Here is a repetitive interior recitation evolved from the work of Gene Marshall we find helpful: "The only trustworthy reality is the reality that is always here. …My consciousness can have access to something more permanent than my most wonderful states of being, for all my states of being come and go. I need not hold these states in contempt; I can treasure them as I treasure life itself. States of being are not the enlightenment experience. The full deliverance of my being is a trust in that Profound Reality that is always present." -Gene Marshall [Marshall, Gene, Freedom and Politics, RL Pointers, August 2020.] We hope this is helpful. GO Deep!

[@rafaelecattonar1506]

@@Interiormythos thank you very much for your answer 🙏🏻

[@lukedermott1589]

Gachil, Gaken, Gaman, Ga-Ai. Meaning?

[@Interiormythos]

Luke Dermott, here is a quote from one of Abbot Okumura’s books: “There are four fundamental bonno or delusive ideas that defile our minds and our lives. The first, gachi, is ignorance of the Dharma, or the reality of impermanence and egolessness. The second is gaken, or egocentric views based on ignorance. …The third is gaman, or arrogance. ….We put ourselves above others. …The fouth is ga-ai, or self-attachment.” * *Translation of four bodhisattva vows in the sutra book used at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. Okumura, Shohaku, Living By Vow, Wisdom Publications, Sommerville MA, 2012. p 17. We hope you find this helpful. We are grateful you discovered this channel. We hope you will return often and share your comments freely. If you wish to adopt a regular practice of exploring a deep personal journey within this 21st Century global village we share, consider the sequential steps of the “Life Journeys” series you can discover in the Playlists on this channel. We know of no more important practice for humanity today than re-connecting with the universal Deep Place and allowing this connection to modulate our thinking and action. Our world needs contemporary contemplative practitioners. The “Life Journey” series uses material from some of the greatest living teachers who are mostly unknown to the popular culture; including Abbot Shohaku Okumura, Sister Joan Chittister, and many others from the East and the West. These sequential cinematic art form modules guide one deeper and deeper into consciousness and the practices of a contemporary contemplative. Think of each module (Station) as a component of daily practice or study like a foundational dharma talk or contemplative catechism. To advance in becoming a contemplative practitioner, we suggest encountering one sequential module per day or some other regular schedule that works for you. The journey begins with “The Presence.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZbOl4Vnn9emodE. This sequential journey is an excellent opportunity for solitary inquiry or shared group discussion. We know of no stronger existing guided material to nurture a deep journey in today’s world; for a beginning seeker or a master. The top Comment listed under each module contains a context for the specific video on screen and a link to the next sequential station. We hope to see more comments and reflections from you again soon. We will always attempt to respond. Here is a link to a short context that will help you understand the “Life Journeys” series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHWmmad4j8mkn9k GO Deep!