A Guide for When Things Don't Go Your Way with Haemin Sunim
Feb 28, 2024
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In this podcast, they discuss the importance of embracing life's challenges, finding joy through resilience and gratitude, and discovering happiness in the present moment. They also touch on cultivating sustainable happiness, appreciating the little things in life, and embracing childlike wonder and awe. The episode includes a guided meditation and reflections on unity and true nature.
Embracing unpleasant experiences fosters awakening and resilience.
Recognizing and working with difficult emotions leads to resilience and joy.
Finding happiness in simple moments through gratitude and acceptance.
Deep dives
Acceptance and Freedom through Letting Things Be
Acceptance of the present moment without seeking something else or resisting what comes allows for true freedom and the discovery of one's natural state. By embracing unpleasant experiences, opportunities for awakening arise. Giving up can open new possibilities, fostering resilience and reclaiming joy.
Facing Public Attack and Fear of Abandonment
Facing a public attack in Korea led to a traumatic experience challenging the author's work and identity. The fear of abandonment was deeply rooted, requiring reflection and healing. Recognizing and working with difficult emotions, such as fear, abandonment, and trauma, was essential in the author's journey toward resilience and joy.
Seeking Happiness in Small Moments and Acceptance
Small but certain happiness is found in appreciating simple moments and things, rather than pursuing grand achievements for happiness. Embracing the present moment without seeking happiness elsewhere leads to incidental happiness. Accepting what is and practicing gratitude can bring peace and contentment.
The Power of Cultivating Faith and Transparency in Silence
Gratitude and appreciation cultivate faith in the universe, shifting from scarcity to abundance mindset. Transparent silence, representing the formless nature of true awareness, serves as grounds for freedom. Balancing the 'me of me' with societal expectations fosters harmony and genuine connections, bridging silence and transparency in one's path to inner peace.
Embracing vulnerability and the silence within
The practice of mindfulness aids in mending relationships and understanding oneself. Transparent silence represents the formless quality of true awareness amidst life's challenges. The journey involves embracing vulnerability, honesty, and a peace in the present moment.
Haemin Sunim is a Korean Zen monk based in Seoul, where he founded the School of Broken Hearts and the Dharma Illumination Zen Center. In his new book, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times, he offers a guide to transforming life’s unexpected challenges into opportunities for awakening.
In this episode of Life As It Is, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, and co-host Sharon Salzberg sit down with Haemin to talk about the importance of learning to welcome unpleasant experiences, how giving up can actually open us to new possibilities, and how we can find happiness when we stop looking for it.
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