Henry Shukman: Allowing, Welcoming, and Loving

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

There is a boundless goodness at the heart of this and every moment. And the path to realizing this goodness directly and more continuously is often what we would least expect. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with poet, author, and Zen meditation teacher Henry Shukman about his personal journey and the insights he shares in his latest book, Original Love.

In a conversation that will appeal to both meditators and non-meditators alike, Tami and Henry discuss: suffering, love, and the awakening of the world; being simultaneously broken-hearted, open-hearted, and wholehearted; the practice of allowing; how our most difficult feeling states become portals to higher awareness; Buddhism's Five Hindrances; the discovery of emptiness; the four faces of awakening and what Henry calls, "no way but through" and "blazing forth"; finding the spiritual practice that fits you best; the meditative state known as absorption; choosing to love oneself; and more.

Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

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0:00.0	Hello friends. My name is Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True Podcast, Insights at the Edge.
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1:07.3	teachings. You can learn more at sounds true foundation.org and advance, thank you for your support.
1:16.4	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:19.6	my guest is Henry Shukman. Poet, author, Zen meditation teacher, and spiritual director
1:29.1	Emeritus at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1:35.0	Henry Shukman is originally from Great Britain
1:38.0	and has a master's degree from Cambridge
1:40.4	and a master of letters degree from St Andrews and he has a powerful personal story
1:48.0	one of spiritual awakening physical healing, adventure.
1:53.6	He shares his story in what he calls a Zen memoir.
1:58.9	It's called One Blade of Grass,
2:01.8	finding the old road of the heart.
2:05.7	And now Henry has released a new book.
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