Episode Details

How many voices are arguing in your head right now? I call mine the ten thousand, and I am tired. They do not go quiet just because you sat down to meditate.

People go on silent retreats and still come back suffering. There is the snake in the dark that turns out to be a rope, and once the light is on you cannot unsee it. Somebody once told me I had a chip on my shoulder, and the truth was I did not think I had the right to ask the world for anything. I held deep shame about my accident. Reducing suffering is the honest goal. Getting rid of it is not on offer.

One thing to try: Name one voice in your head. Just name it. That is where it starts loosening.

In this episode

• (0:00) The ten thousand voices, and being tired of them
• (1:58) People who go on silent retreats and still suffer
• (3:48) The shifts that gave me actual freedom
• (5:01) The snake that turns out to be a rope, once the light is on
• (7:18) The four vows, and getting free of victimhood
• (11:43) Reducing suffering, not getting rid of it
• (15:00) Being told I had a chip on my shoulder
• (18:24) Not feeling I had the right to ask the world for anything

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