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Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World

Zen Buddhist teachings point to a profound view of reality--one of deep interconnection and non-separation. Awakening is a word used to describe the freedom, creativity and love of our original nature. This podcast explores the profound liberating teachings of Zen Buddhism at the intersection of dreamwork and the soul. The intention is to offer a view of awakening that explores our deep interconnection with the living world and the cosmos as well as to invite a re-imagining of what human life and

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28:56

Living our Vows

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/10/20

In order to live our vows, or to live from our life purpose we will encounter challenges. During this talk we explore some common inner challenging voices or parts of us that may get activated as we endeavor to live our vows.These voices in voices dialogue parts work are often named the perfectionist, pusher and inner critic.As we conclude this series of talks on vow and purpose—we remember the mystic’s vow. The mystics vow, is a vow of immediacy. Right here–can you see the fulfillment? It invites

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40:30

Making Impossible Vows

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/10/10

We live our visions for ourselves and the world. If we see that world as a hopeless place, inevitably we will treat it as such.The Buddhas and Ancestors remind us, that this very land is the place of awakening, this very body, the body of awakening.This talk is an exploration in connecting with our biggest vision for ourselves and the world. As well as some practical magic for connecting with support from our human and more-than-human allies. This world is mysterious, if we allow ourselves to open

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32:31

Life Purpose as Koan

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/10/01

The Dharma empowers us to ask essential questions. This talk is an invitation to question, to really question and to live into these questions. Often when we think about our life purpose, we makes assumptions about ourselves and the world that stem from fixed beliefs or inherited perspectives. For example the dharma invites a very different view of ourselves and the world, then say neo-capitalism does. The dharma invites us to see ourselves as a network of inter-relations, our lives completely

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32:09

The Unconditioned Vow

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/09/19

The question of life purpose is one that comes up throughout our lives. Maybe you are in a life transitionMaybe you started out pursuing one career because family or societal pressure and now want to do something that is more in alignment with your heartMaybe you are in a career change for another more unexpected reasonOr are feeling the heat of the climate crisis and fraying of culture–that you wonder–what can be done? What can I do?To be willing to ask the question What is this life about? What is

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40:36

What is Practice?

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/09/11

A common phrase you may hear in Zen meditation groups is: What is your practice? In this talk I explore the thread that runs through all practice forms, as well as clarifying how our different meditation methods (concentration, embodiment, inquiry, loving kindness/compassion and open awareness) fit together. This is an exploration of the spiritual path in both the broad and specific ways it manifests in our lives. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

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32:46

Practicing with Fear & Anxiety

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/08/01

Part of being human is that we have big emotional responses or have emotional responses. There is nothing wrong with having emotional responses. What often happens is that we are afraid of feeling our emotions. We are afraid of our fear.Parts-work has one way of languaging this that I have found helpful, buddhism has another way which I also feel is helpful.In parts-work language: parts of us got the message when we were young that it wasn’t OK to be afraid, or sad, or needy, or ashamed. So the

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32:54

Opening the Skies

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/07/25

Spaciousness/emptiness is considered the Ground of Being or the Mind-ground—the heart of who we are. Here spaciousness is love. But maybe not love in the traditional way that we think of love, which is often conditional. Often our loving has to do with–if you really loved me you would do…or say…or show it in some specific way that we feel like we need, or want, or must have in order to really feel or know love.Spaciousness is love unbounded, completely unconditional–a pure kind of love that is

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35:58

Unpacking Emptiness

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/07/18

Emptiness is an often misunderstood concept in modern Buddhist practice, partially because it is not really a concept so much as a realization. Yet, without the concept we can’t really prepare for what opens up in this path of practice or we may miss the freedom that is part of this path. To talk about emptiness is of course, not the same as realizing emptiness.In this talk I unpack emptiness as well as exploring how it fits on the paths of practice--exploring the Buddhist path as a path of healing

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18:28

The Heat of Spiritual Longing

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/06/24

Exploring the Great Element Fire we are invited into the heat within our bodies. Fire illuminates the heat of our living and connects us to our passions. In this talk we are invited to feel the heat of life within and also to reflect on spiritual longing. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amykisei.substack.com/subscribe

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35:52

The Waters of Compassion

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/06/07

In the Mountains and Waters Sutra, we are invited to study water--to take it up as our body and mind? This level of intimacy is characteristic of the Zen school. Water is alive and life-giving. In Mahayana Buddhism the archetype of Compassion is depicted as the Goddess Kannon, transmuting her tears of grief for the suffering in the world, into Compassion.This Dharma Talk explores the teachings of the waters of compassion. Compassion can meet us in the places that feel unbearable. Compassion can help

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30:26

Rivers of Experience; Ocean of Awareness

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/05/26

The Water Element makes up around 65% of the human body. To attend to the element water we are invited to feel the gravity and flow of embodied experience. Contemplative practitioners throughout time use the images of bodies of water: ocean, lake, river -- to point to aspects of our nature. Flowing yet still, wavey and deep -- the invitation is one of all inclusive awareness, where wave and ocean, drop and lake are of one substance.Discover the playful joy and freedom of opening to the dimensions of

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33:45

The Wisdom of the Earth Element

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/05/16

The first of a five series exploration into the teachings of the Five Great Elements. In this episode we explore the Great Element Earth through embodiment, presence, contemplations on interconnection and the practice of generosity.If we lose connection to the Earth, our lives are chaotic.—Zenju Earthlyn ManuelHow do you stay embodied? How do you practice presence? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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25:31

Practicing the Profound: Waking up to this Sacred Life

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2023/05/10

What we believe shapes how we perceive. If we think that we are separate from all the rest of life, we live an isolated life--ignoring the everyday magic of the earth, relationships and our human hearts and minds. In this episode we explore how view shapes our life, and what it's like to try on different views. Such as seeing our life as sacred. We also explore the practice of presence as a celebration of our unique beingness, and the freedom and creativity offered in the profound practice of

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30:01

Count the Stars in the Night Sky: Zen Koans and the...

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2022/03/22

The miscellaneous koans of the Zen lineage are image rich, as is much of the teachings on awakening found in the Zen literature. In this talk we will open to the image of the koan Count the Stars in the Night Sky and discover within our own soma the wisdom and power of such a simple phrase.This is an invitation to enter both body and image as a way of utilizing the imagination as part of the awakening process. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

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26:10

Approaching Emptiness through Koan Practice

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2022/03/21

One of the great gifts of the Zen tradition is it's teachings on emptiness. Far from being nihilistic, the teachings and practices of emptiness remind us of the inherent spontaneity and creativity of the universe. This talk explores koan as a technology of awakening, and invites us into koan practice in an engaging way. Time is spent exploring the koan, Everyone Has Their Own Light by Zen Teacher Yunman, from the Blue Cliff Record. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other

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24:37

Emptiness, Unknowing and the Dark

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2022/02/07

In this dharma talk Kisei explore's the phrase from Hongzhi in Silent Illumination:If serenity neglects illumination; murkiness leads to wasted dharma.This life is a play of emptiness and illumination, yin & yang. When the emptiness side (which also can be defined as silence, serenity, darkness, unknowing) gets off balance--what happens to our lives? our practice? our awakening?This talk is a deep exploration of the ins and outs of emptiness. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this

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27:23

The Qualities of Illumination

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2022/01/26

In this talk we explore illumination as an aspect of our awakened nature, sometimes experienced as clarity, brightness, lucidity, alertness. We also look at what happens when illumination is overly emphasized in our spiritual practice and our culture. We are following the teachings of Zen Master Hongzhi from his poem on Silent Illumination, in this stanza he reminds us:If illumination neglects serenity, then aggressiveness appears. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other

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28:02

The Dharma of Flow

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2022/01/18

We all have had experiences of being in the flow of life. What is this flow? How do we find it? What do learn from the times that we feel obstructed, and what do we learn from being in the flow?Inspired by Zen Master Hongzhi's poem Silent Illumination, this talk explores the flow of the natural world as well as the research on flow & the flow-state by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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24:01

Instructions for Befriending the Darkness

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2022/01/10

Inspired by the lines from Dogen Zenji's Being-Time: For the time-being stand on top of the highest peak.For the time-being proceed along the bottom of the deepest ocean. An exploration of the interplay of highs and lows, bright times and darkness. What is the wisdom of the night, and how can we open up to it? How do we practice un-knowing? How do we befriend the dark? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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19:55

Recognizing Completion: Celebrating the Fruits of...

Earth Dreams: Zen Buddhism and the Soul of the World ·

2022/01/07

In this Dharma Talk the theme of completion is taken up, from the Zen and Non-dual perspective. How is this moment, this breath, this body, already + always complete?As we enter the New Year our attention can be drawn towards what we need to improve, change, fix, make better.In this talk, we are invited to step back from the inner critic and see the abundant fullness of our lives!What is working well? What do you want to celebrate? This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other

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