ZMM Podcast: Larry Shainberg discusses his new book “Four Men Shaking”

September 25 · Conversations, Reviews · acceptance, Kyudo Nakagawa, Lawrence Shainberg, ZCNYC

Author Lawrence Shainberg will be at the Zen Center of NYC on Saturday, October 5th for a reading from his new book, Four Men Shaking. We used this as an excuse to catch up with our old friend “Larry-san” and to talk about the new book and how it came into being.

Sangha Reflections on View

November 26 · Reflections · acceptance, clarity, Fall 2017, intention, sangha, View

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When my son was born 20 years ago, I became very afraid of flying on air planes. It was not just a case of the jitters but more like curl-up-in-a-ball-and-miss-your- flight terror. While it is certainly possible to live a happy, fulfilling life without getting on an airplane, I started to doubt that I was re ally living from a place of clarity with this fear looming in the background. There was something just so off about how it ruled my behavior and, about nine months ago, my dis comfort with its constriction was becoming unbearable.