“What is risky about speaking in front of sangha that I want to control with the three poisons? The flood gates of negative thoughts just open.” Sokuzan responds to this and other questions from sangha. “It might feel risky in that we know people are agreeing, disagreeing, or judging what we say. People are going to take a position and there’s no way around that. It’s possible to just receive that. We tend to personalize thoughts based on our values… Attribution of wrongness to an identity just strengthens that identity. Have a willingness to be with whatever you’re producing.”

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