Aug 17, 2026 · 55 min · 13 segments
Every genuine spiritual tradition teaches that the highest path is letting go of the personal ego and living according to a greater guidance than our personal desires. The suffering we experience…
Michael SingerHost
They've either had some experience that lets them know there's a higher part of their being that they hang out with all day, and they want sincerely to find out how to tap into that, how to feel that, how to live with that.
There are so many paths about how to grow spiritually, about how to achieve higher states of consciousness, of awareness.
Very, very disciplined, very strongly control of the mind, control of focus, control of your awareness.
That is the essence of those deep teachings of Zen, and they're very beautiful.
And there are paths that are, I, I can't teach them, but they're devoid of will.
All I have to do is recognize the omnipresence and power of the divine light, the divine being, and I don't really have to do anything.
If I do anything wrong, I just apologize and go to confession or whatever, and basically it's absolved." Those are totally different extremes of the spiritual path between Zen and that type of attitude.
If your nature is one of strong motive, strong will, Zen is very, very powerful, and people have very deep experiences.
I'm not that strong, not that disciplined, and therefore I just give it, give it to God.
You do it, and I will do my best to allow it to happen." And then there's everything in between.
They've either had some experience that lets them know there's a higher part of their being that they hang out with all day, and they want sincerely to find out how to tap into that, how to feel that, how to live with that.
There are so many paths about how to grow spiritually, about how to achieve higher states of consciousness, of awareness.
Very, very disciplined, very strongly control of the mind, control of focus, control of your awareness.
That is the essence of those deep teachings of Zen, and they're very beautiful.
And there are paths that are, I, I can't teach them, but they're devoid of will.
All I have to do is recognize the omnipresence and power of the divine light, the divine being, and I don't really have to do anything.
If I do anything wrong, I just apologize and go to confession or whatever, and basically it's absolved." Those are totally different extremes of the spiritual path between Zen and that type of attitude.
If your nature is one of strong motive, strong will, Zen is very, very powerful, and people have very deep experiences.
I'm not that strong, not that disciplined, and therefore I just give it, give it to God.
You do it, and I will do my best to allow it to happen." And then there's everything in between.
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