Crashing through every branch on the Tree of Belief | Saturday Zen, LIVE

And you never hit the "ground" 🤭 This is just DUMB SIMPLE...so much so that the mind that always wants to know, always wants to make sense, simply won't believe it. https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd for all the things. 0:00 Welcome & College Admissions Chaos 2:11 Nina's Acceptances, New York Trip, and Life Doing Itself 4:45 Waking Up at 3am — Feeling the College Process in the Body 7:01 When Techniques Stop Working: Just Dumb Thisness 10:08 Non-Dumbality: Reality Is Too Stupid Simple for Concepts 12:15 Why Did the Buddha Bother With the Eightfold Path? 15:41 Applying the Four Noble Truths 17:33 Crying at the Gym: Life Showing Up as Everything 19:52 What Is Choosing What Happens Next? The Questioner Dies. 22:35 Marathon Monk: Zubin as Teacher After a Decade of Buddhism 24:44 Adverb Junkie: If There's No Me, Who's Living This Life? 27:07 Relationships, Planning, and What the Universe Rubs Your Face In 31:47 Falling Through the Branches of the Tree of Beliefs 36:06 Is There Anything Hidden Right Now? 39:20 Zen Stink: The Spiritual Ego That Thinks It's "Awake" 42:14 Are You Awake? Is Anyone? 45:07 What Does Awakening Even Mean? 48:20 Teachers: Gratitude, Disillusionment, and Moving On 54:18 Ram Dass: Other People's Awakening Is None of Your Business 57:11 The Lineage of Apparent Teachers — Gratitude Roll Call 1:02:16 What's Actually Being Transmitted Here 1:04:12 Object Permanence Is a Lie (The Kids Were Right) 1:06:46 Wrap-Up & Peace Out