Comfort and Understanding (Are Killing Us)

Soryu Forall

KMO and Olga continue the conversation with Soryu Forall at the Center for Mindful Learning. Soryu explains that the sort of happiness that comes from the ability to make our bodies comfortable and our minds understand is a terrible danger to life on this planet. He defines understanding as holding tightly to our own perspectives and insulating ourselves from uncomfortable feeback. The Earth is giving us some truly uncomfortable feedback which we are all too adept at tuning out. He also explains why thinking of a monastic existence as a retreat from the real world or as a form of gated community misses the point.