405: Henry Shukman on Experiencing a Spiritual Awakening

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Henry Shukman (IG: @henryshukman) is a Zen Master and is the Guiding Teacher at Mountain Cloud Zen Center. He’s dedicated to what he sees as core Zen training — clarifying our "original nature," following the eight-fold path, and living in love, freedom and deep responsiveness.

Henry is also a writer and poet who has published nine books to date, of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Today we're discussing his memoir, One Blade of Grass.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Henry’s memoir, One Blade of Grass
• What are shame attack exercises?
• How do we heal a lack of self-acceptance?
• Learning to love yourself
• Everyone can meditate, if they want to
• Meditation apps... good or bad?
• Classic meditation is not guided
• What on earth is this thing called awakening?
• Henry’s meditation practice helped heal his eczema
• Transcendental meditation (TM) can help you feel refreshed
• Henry's first taste of meditation at age 14
• Leaving school to become a travelling writer
• Henry’s awakening experience
• The path to Zen
• Seeing through the veil
• Different levels of consciousness
• Sudden awakening vs. gradual awakening
• Being more accepting of the way things are
• Letting love guide you
• Freeing yourself of greed and envy

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