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The Vowing Mind: Returning to Relational Intimacy in Times of Trouble with Joshin Byrnes

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Content provided by Jennifer England. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Jennifer England or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

How can you stay present to a world that breaks your heart open—without hardening or turning away? What is right action when there is no right answer?

In this episode, Jennifer talks with Joshin Byrnes—Zen teacher, former AIDS activist, and founder of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community—for a deeply honest conversation on his evolving expressions of activism and spirituality as he wrestles with and practices ethical action in a time of trouble.

Together, they explore:

  • Growing out of enemy oriented and dehumanizing activism
  • “Bearing witness” as essential practice in a culture of separation
  • How letting go of fixed ideas creates healing action
  • The Zen principle of vowing mind as a compass for ethical responsiveness.

Come join us for a slow and tender dialogue about how to deepen your relational intimacy, practice and ethical inquiry as you taste the ache of being human.

Content Note: This episode includes a story that references suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available. Resources are included below.

Links & resources—

Gratitude for this show’s theme song Inside the House, composed by the talented Yukon musician, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Jordy Walker. Artwork by the imaginative writer, filmmaker and artist Jon Marro.

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Manage episode 487902146 series 3350702
Content provided by Jennifer England. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Jennifer England or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

How can you stay present to a world that breaks your heart open—without hardening or turning away? What is right action when there is no right answer?

In this episode, Jennifer talks with Joshin Byrnes—Zen teacher, former AIDS activist, and founder of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community—for a deeply honest conversation on his evolving expressions of activism and spirituality as he wrestles with and practices ethical action in a time of trouble.

Together, they explore:

  • Growing out of enemy oriented and dehumanizing activism
  • “Bearing witness” as essential practice in a culture of separation
  • How letting go of fixed ideas creates healing action
  • The Zen principle of vowing mind as a compass for ethical responsiveness.

Come join us for a slow and tender dialogue about how to deepen your relational intimacy, practice and ethical inquiry as you taste the ache of being human.

Content Note: This episode includes a story that references suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available. Resources are included below.

Links & resources—

Gratitude for this show’s theme song Inside the House, composed by the talented Yukon musician, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Jordy Walker. Artwork by the imaginative writer, filmmaker and artist Jon Marro.

  continue reading

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