Giving Aliveness to Life

This talk explores the distinction between two perspectives on our human existence: aliveness and life. Aliveness is this here-now moment unfolding as ever-changing sensorial contents within a field of mind. Our life, in contrast, can be understood as the result of a weaving of past and future into a life story. The unsatisfactory nature of our life presents us with the question and task of how to give aliveness to our life. In other words, how can we unfold our life from the perspective of aliveness? This also brings up the question of what makes our lives meaningful or meaningless. Zenki Roshi's book, The Path of Aliveness, is now available in both hardcopy and audiobook formats! We appreciate you leaving a rating on Amazon, and if you have time, a review is even better! https://bit.ly/path-of-aliveness-amazon Find more Dharma talks on our podcast, Zen Mind, on all major platforms. https://www.boulderzen.org/podcast Check out our self-paced courses at https://www.boulderzen.org/practice-c... Zenki Christian Dillo Roshi is the the guiding teacher at the Boulder Zen Center in Colorado, USA. This channel shares the regular dharma talks given at the center and published on the Zen Mind podcast. Zenki Roshi approaches Zen practice as a craft of transformation, liberation, wisdom and compassionate action. His interest is to bring Buddhism alive within the Western cultural context, while staying committed to the traditional emphasis on embodiment. If you're enjoying these talks, please like, subscribe and share!