Experience of Being is the Same Now as Years Ago

A woman recounts her experience of a glimpse, or kensho, in the Zen tradition she had 20 years ago and asks about the depth of experiences. Rupert guides her in an exercise by asking her, ‘Can she tell from her experience: 'I am,' and to what experience she refers when she says 'I am'? What experience enables her to say that?’ After a period of silence, Rupert explains to the woman that the experience of being she experiences now is the same as during her kensho experience 20 years ago.

From event 22 March - 13 April, 2024 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute – 22 to 29 March 2024

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