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Henry Shukman, the guiding teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center, joins Rick and Forrest to explore self-transcendent experiences, relaxing self-identification, and the warm heart at the core of Zen practice.\nAbout our Guest: Henry Shukman is a writer, poet, and Zen Master of the\xa0Sanbo Zen lineage. He\u2019s published nine books to date which have won numerous awards, and writes regularly for\xa0Tricycle, The New York Times\xa0and other publications. His most recent book is\xa0One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir.\xa0\nLife After COVID Summit: Join Dr. Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson, and a roster of world-class experts during this FREE three-day online event to explore our life after COVID. Click here to learn more about the Summit and register now.\nKey Topics:\n1:50: How Henry came to meditative practice.\n3:30: Henry\u2019s self-transcendent experience.\n7:20: How Zen practice has changed Henry\u2019s experience of himself.\n10:35: Gradual cultivation, sudden awakening.\xa0\n14:30: The role of transcendent experiences.\xa0\n18:50: The importance of virtue.\xa0\n21:40: Unethical behavior among contemplative teachers.\xa0\n22:40: The risks of \u201cseeking\u201d self-transcendent experiences.\n27:00: A framework that supports awakening.\n31:00: Where it\u2019s valuable to rest our awareness.\xa0\n35:30: Practicing when there\u2019s suffering associated with the container of the body.\n41:10: Non-separateness, and relaxing identification with self.\xa0\n47:15: Fear around not-self.\xa0\n48:10: \u201cThe apple falls away from the tree.\u201d\n51:15: Recap\nForrest has a new YouTube channel! Subscribe to the channel, and watch his newest video over there.\xa0\nSponsors:\nFrom Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code\xa0BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need.\xa0\nJoin\xa0over a million people using BetterHelp, the world\u2019s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!\xa0\nWant to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.\nStart a new healthy habit with Seed! Visit seed.com/beingwell and use code BEINGWELL to get 20% off your first month of Seed\u2019s Daily Synbiotic.\nConnect with the show:\n\nFollow Forrest on YouTube\n\nFollow us on Instagram\n\nFollow Rick on Facebook\n\nFollow Forrest on Facebook\n\nSubscribe on iTunes