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Back to EpisodesOn Vulnerabillity, Having Children, Addressing Anxiety, What about Therapy?
Season 3
Episode 2
Published 3 years, 6 months ago
Description
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 more deeply the trappings of a deluded mind.
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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 (Oakwood Publishing 2021)
- AT HELL'S GATE - A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace (Shambhala Publications 2003)
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Questions in this episode:
(1:00) Would your share your current feelings of vulnerability with us?
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(6:08) Is it egoistic to want to have children?
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(10:20) From your experience is it easier to reflect on one's suffering and conditioning by living alone or in relationships or with a family?
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(13:10) At the car wash, where the car is pulled through I have terrible feelings of anxiousness. Do you think it is useful to go through the car wash more often to address this feeling?
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(15:45) You stated that deep listening and mindful speech practice is not a therapy group. What is a therapy group then?
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(17:35) Going back to the car wash, when imagining the real risk, I still have great doubt about the possibility that I will be ok.
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(20:00) When you spoke with the former Israeli soldiers and the police wellness group, was this not dharma talks?