Episode 22: The Relative and The Absolute (corrected)
One Heart One Mind
Thomas McConkie
5.0 • 632 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Suzuki Roshi said it well to his students: “Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.” What delightful play! Let’s dive into this paradox together.
If we are only aware of the Relative, our practice becomes pressurized and grim. But if we get stuck in the Absolute, well, in Zen terms, we start to stink. Where is the Middle Way? Also, join us for our home retreat, Sep. 12th: https://lowerlightswisdom.org/upcomingevents/home-retreat-a-day-of-sacred-living
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Mindfulness Plus. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm your host Thomas Mekonki. Thanks so much for listening today. |
| 0:20.0 | We have three episodes left in this season, |
| 0:24.3 | my people, in this COVID-laden season. And I got to say, I just really look forward to these |
| 0:32.1 | moments. You have become, yes, you listening right now, have become my social life. |
| 0:38.6 | Other than recording, once a week, I'm doing a whole lot of holling up with my family, our new little baby, |
| 0:47.6 | puppy, the wife, my dear brother Joe. |
| 0:52.3 | And even though you're not physically present, I just feel your hearts in the |
| 0:57.6 | field right now. And this moment I have each week to just share this unsearchably deep practice, |
| 1:07.2 | this infinite practice with you is just a joy to me. |
| 1:11.6 | So thank you. Thanks for continuing to listen and to support. |
| 1:16.6 | A quick announcement, which I almost never do on Mindfulness Plus, but here you go. |
| 1:22.6 | Our organization and the organization I lead Lower Lights School of Wisdom is doing an online |
| 1:28.5 | retreat on September 12th. So that will be a full day of practice from 6 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. |
| 1:37.5 | That's Mountain Time, United States. And really the intention is to offer support to the community |
| 1:43.9 | to really carve out a depth of stillness in your living space. |
| 1:51.8 | You've heard me talk about retreat in previous episodes. |
| 1:55.1 | This is an opportunity to check in rhythmically throughout the day on Zoom calls for guided meditation, personal support that I'll be |
| 2:04.6 | providing. And it's a great way. If you haven't done retreat in your home before, it's such a great |
| 2:10.0 | practice. I strongly recommend it. And in the season where we're social distancing, it's a great |
| 2:17.0 | way to brighten and illuminate your |
| 2:19.5 | space with some more intention and meditative depth. So we'll put a link to that in the show |
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