"Doing the Monk Thing" with Shane Wilson

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Shane Wilson is a pastoral counselor, grief recovery specialist, and meditation teacher. He is an author and the founder of the Meditation Learning Center in Mesa, AZ. In this episode we do a deep philosophical dive and discuss:

• Spirituality as helping people
• Love as service to others
• Shane’s spiritual curiosity and travels to Thailand
• How celebration of a Thai king lead to that Shane’s ordination as a Buddhist monk
• What it was like to live as a monk and
• Integrating his experience after leaving the monastery
• Non-attachment
• The ten fetters of Buddhism, the steps to awakening
• Wanting, reinforcing the I, and suffering
• Waking up as our primary purpose
• Is suffering required for spiritual growth?
• What is enlightenment?
• Gender, societal programming, and implications for our spiritual path
• Subconscious intervention: processing subconscious beliefs and repressed memories
• Believing yourself and honoring the messages your body and heart tell you

“Another word to describe the word spirituality would probably be the word love. If somebody asked, ‘How do I feel spiritual?’ Well, how do you feel when you’re loved?” — Shane Wilson

“The more people I can help, the more inspiration I feel inside. It’s just kind of a feedback. I mean, what a wonderful world if everyone could feel that and know that. And I think deep inside, spiritual beings do feel that. ”— Shane Wilson

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