Episode 10: Discovering Our Part in It All
By Tess Beasley
In this episode, Roshi Tess Beasley speaks about the nature of self-consciousness and how the koan path slowly guides us through the process of discovering our part in it all.
It also ferrets out our strategies for making a separate self that cannot bear the intimacy of awakening.
If we imagine that we are “us”, it can be difficult to stare into someone’s eyes for a long time until we envision ourselves as the night sky.
When we forget to be ourselves our true nature can appear.
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There is something nourishing and almost healing about seeing things as they are.
— Tess Beasley
Show notes:
- Why is it difficult to really look at others
- What to expect from a Pacific Zen gathering
- How to get the most from a gathering
- What is the process of discovering our part
Staring at a person is like staring at a cloud; they are always changing. You can’t quite grab hold of them or yourself.
— Tess Beasley
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The koan curriculum ferrets out all your strategies for making a ‘me’.
— Tess Beasley