28 min
Finding Flow with Big Mind (Genpo Roshi) The Tony Wong Podcast
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- Entrepreneurship
Have you ever wished you wish you could pacify certain warring parts of yourself?
We all live with the struggle of internal opposites: knowing you should do something (exercise? eat healthily? meditate?) but still procrastinating, knowing you’re performing well enough but still being stressed, needing to make a big decision but still being fearful… Big Mind is a profoundly interesting tool that enables individuals to identify aspects of themselves and work through the relationships they entertain with them.
In well-trained hands — hard to do better than Genpo Roshi — you could puzzle it all.
Key Takeaways
Ron is a skeptic [1:58] Ron shares how his journey has progressed to him being more aware of his mental processes as well as his view of spirituality which does include some measure of fear of being swindled.
Roshi butts in! [4:20] Genpo Roshi offers Big Mind to Ron and begins by asking to speak to the part of Ron who is a skeptic. Watch this convo between Ron the Skeptic and Ron the believer unfold!
The Base and the Apex [13:49] So we have a skeptical Ron on the left and a non-skeptical Ron on the right… if we make this the base of a triangle, what do we find at the apex?
The purpose of Zen [14:40] On balance and the purpose of Zen, finding peace and harmony by ending the internal conflict.
The infinity of what you don’t know [15:53] Genpo speaks to the part of Ron that is everything he doesn’t know.
Ron’s nervous laugh [19:20] Guys we know, touching infinity is weird, just go along.
So there it is, the meaning of life [21:58]
The illusion of self and the end of fear [23:52] From this infinite Big Mind place, Roshi explains that the concept of self is an illusion and shares how to get your fear to stop paralyzing you and do what it’s supposed to, its only job: warn you if danger is coming.
Thanks for tuning in! We understand that there is a good chance this episode will have raised some seriously profound questions in some people… If you want to discuss this further, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Tony through any of the means below.
More about your host
Podcast: tonywongpodcast.com
Agile Coaching: Agiletony.com
Executive Coaching: Agiletony.com/mental-and-emotional-agility
Twitter: Twitter.com/agile_tony
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/agiletony
Youtube: Youtube.com/channel/UCJyT0C_nrzAZ9GhmOXaSRRw
More about our guest
Genpo Roshi, Big Mind
Have you ever wished you wish you could pacify certain warring parts of yourself?
We all live with the struggle of internal opposites: knowing you should do something (exercise? eat healthily? meditate?) but still procrastinating, knowing you’re performing well enough but still being stressed, needing to make a big decision but still being fearful… Big Mind is a profoundly interesting tool that enables individuals to identify aspects of themselves and work through the relationships they entertain with them.
In well-trained hands — hard to do better than Genpo Roshi — you could puzzle it all.
Key Takeaways
Ron is a skeptic [1:58] Ron shares how his journey has progressed to him being more aware of his mental processes as well as his view of spirituality which does include some measure of fear of being swindled.
Roshi butts in! [4:20] Genpo Roshi offers Big Mind to Ron and begins by asking to speak to the part of Ron who is a skeptic. Watch this convo between Ron the Skeptic and Ron the believer unfold!
The Base and the Apex [13:49] So we have a skeptical Ron on the left and a non-skeptical Ron on the right… if we make this the base of a triangle, what do we find at the apex?
The purpose of Zen [14:40] On balance and the purpose of Zen, finding peace and harmony by ending the internal conflict.
The infinity of what you don’t know [15:53] Genpo speaks to the part of Ron that is everything he doesn’t know.
Ron’s nervous laugh [19:20] Guys we know, touching infinity is weird, just go along.
So there it is, the meaning of life [21:58]
The illusion of self and the end of fear [23:52] From this infinite Big Mind place, Roshi explains that the concept of self is an illusion and shares how to get your fear to stop paralyzing you and do what it’s supposed to, its only job: warn you if danger is coming.
Thanks for tuning in! We understand that there is a good chance this episode will have raised some seriously profound questions in some people… If you want to discuss this further, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Tony through any of the means below.
More about your host
Podcast: tonywongpodcast.com
Agile Coaching: Agiletony.com
Executive Coaching: Agiletony.com/mental-and-emotional-agility
Twitter: Twitter.com/agile_tony
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/agiletony
Youtube: Youtube.com/channel/UCJyT0C_nrzAZ9GhmOXaSRRw
More about our guest
Genpo Roshi, Big Mind
28 min