Holding On To Our Perceptions
David Oromith · 23 minutes · recorded January 23, 2022
We open awareness to all five senses before narrowing to examine the feelings, pleasant, unpleasant or neutral, that arise with sounds and bodily sensations, asking whether they are truly ours. David shares the parable of a father who refuses to believe his returned son is real because he is convinced of his death, and the Zen story of the overflowing teacup. Both point to how tightly we hold our perceptions as fact.
Death and dying