The Software That Runs on Fear

Duration: 29:11Date: February, 2010 (exact date unknown).Duration: 29:11The first part of this talk focuses on the mental ego. Themes include: zazen as a mind-fast; 'finding your seat' -- becoming the body instead of the mind or head; the mental ego as software that runs on fear; living instead of thinking about living; mind and body fall away into awakened consciousness. The second part of this talk addresses the question of how humour plays a part in the spiritual process. Themes include: humour as an avoidance of feeling; humour as a wonderful release into self-forgetting; the human condition as both comical and painful; absurdity; entering into the pain of existence and sitting in the discomfort as a way to healing