Friday, December 1, 2017

Zen to Get Sane



Zen to Get Sane
~ Gwilda Wiyaka ~

I once asked my old Lakota teacher why he spent so much time alone in nature, rather than with people – his answer:

 “You have to isolate yourself from what is not true, in order to find that which is.”

He was an amazing medicine man and healer. He told me that only the true voice of nature can heal a person, by reminding them of who they are. But first we have to shut up long enough to hear it.

 He also described modern society as inside out and backward, and for the most part, totally crazy.

 Not understanding much of what he said at the time, I have spent the many years since his death contemplating his teachings.

Watching the progression (or should I say regression of society,) I find I have to agree with him.

 Staggering around in our madness, we unconsciously destroy everything in our path – a delusional race, living in a distorted reality of our own making.

 The only way to see through the illusion is to stand apart, disengage and align with life itself.

How can we see past the collective delusion? Do the teachings of ancient traditions hold anything that can help us today? Why are the old teachings so enigmatic and hard to understand from our modern perspective? What can they tell us about how life really works?

 In order to further explore these mysteries, let’s triangulate between the modern view point, old teachings from a Lakota medicine man, and that of a Zen Priest.

With us this hour, to hold up the Zen part of the equation, is Brad Warner, the author of “It Came from Beyond Zen!”



Join The Science of Magic Radio as host Gwilda Wiyaka interviews Brad Warner, the author of It “Came from Beyond Zen!” 

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