Henry Shukman on Experiencing a Spiritual Awakening

Episode 405

Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/henryshukman405

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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Henry Shukman on Experiencing a Spiritual Awakening