Sitting with Chaos | Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Very few of us relish chaos and disruption, but they are facts of life, given the nonnegotiable nature of change. In this episode with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, we're going to talk about how to tune into the value of disruption, and learn how to sit with the chaos.

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel is an ordained Zen priest, holds a Ph.D., and worked for decades as a social science researcher and development director for non-profit organizations. She is also a prolific author.

In this conversation we'll explore: what to do with the unknown and not having any answers; the power of a "sip of silence" (her term); what she means by the phrase "death as a doorway to tenderness;" how she defines tenderness - a word that can easily get bogged down in sloppy sentimentality; and what she meant when she wrote "I'm not advocating love as an answer to all of the ills of the world. Then again, it is just that simple to be love."

Content Warning: There are brief mentions of assault; spiritual, sexual, and substance abuse; and racism, including a recent incident Zenju experienced herself.

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0:00.0	This is the 10% happier podcast.
0:06.9	I'm Dan Harris.
0:09.0	Hey, hey, very few of us, I believe, relish chaos and disruption, but they are facts of
0:19.1	life given the non-negotiable nature of change.
0:23.0	Today we're going to talk about how to tune into the value of disruption and learn how to
0:27.5	sit with chaos.
0:29.6	My guest is Zenju Earthlin Manuel.
0:31.8	She's in ordained Zen priest.
0:33.8	She holds a PhD.
0:35.3	She worked for decades as a social science researcher and as a development director for non-profits.
0:40.6	She's also a prolific author.
0:42.2	We'll be covering a few of her books in today's episode.
0:44.8	We're also going to talk about what to do with the unknown and not having any answers.
0:51.0	The power of, and this is her term, a sip of silence.
0:55.5	What she means by the phrase, death as a doorway to tenderness, her extraordinary story
1:01.8	about her unusual route to becoming a Zen priest, how she defines tenderness, a word that can
1:10.0	easily get bogged down in sloppy sentimentality, and what she meant when she wrote the following
1:16.4	lines.
1:17.4	I'm not advocating love as an answer to all of the ills of the world.
1:22.3	And again, it's just that simple to be love.
1:27.0	So a lot to talk about here.
1:29.3	Just a heads up.
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