Trying to Be Human

Zen Talks

By: Cheri Huber

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Paperback | 1 September 1995

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This funny, engaging guide to the basics of Buddhist meditation presents the idea that people are not human beings trying to be spiritual, but spiritual beings trying to be human. That is, instead of striving toward an ideal image of ourselves, people might aim simply to see more clearly what being human is all about, including what impels striving.

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"Cheri Huber tells it like it is. I count her among the Zen teachers whose writing I recommend." --Dai-En Bennage, Resident Senior Priest, Mt. Equity Zendo and Translator, Abbess Aoyama Roshi's Zen Seeds

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Buddhism Zen Buddhism Aspects of Religion for Non-Christians Spirituality & Religious Experience Mind, Body, Spirit Thought and Practice Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Popular Psychology Family & Health Religious Life & Practice

Meditation and Visualisation

Preface
Encountering the Path
Choosing a Spiritual Path	p. 14
Ending Suffering	p. 16
The Conditioned Sense of Self	p. 19
The Prison We Think of as Home	p. 21
The First Psychologist	p. 23
Nothing To Do	p. 25
Having It All	p. 27
The Perfect Person	p. 28
A Project for Saving the World	p. 30
From God to Garbage and Back	p. 33
Urgency	p. 35
Change	p. 36
Reading and Sitting	p. 38
Don't Wait	p. 39
Willingness
Sitting Meditation	p. 42
Fear	p. 44
Disidentification Versus Dissociation	p. 46
Egocentricity	p. 49
Separateness	p. 50
Cutting Through Ego Maintenance Systems	p. 51
The Worthy Opponent	p. 53
Projection	p. 55
Resistance	p. 57
No Control	p. 59
One Good Reason To Move	p. 61
The Spiritual Patchwork Quilt	p. 63
Pain	p. 64
The Myth of an Alternative Reality	p. 66
The Ideal Relationship	p. 68
Spiritual Correctness	p. 70
Correctness and Compassion	p. 72
Ah. Hm.	p. 73
A Secret of the Universe	p. 75
Happiness	p. 77
"It's God's Will" Versus "Thy Will Be Done"	p. 80
Work Out Your Own Salvation Diligently	p. 84
Being Stuck and Sticking It Out	p. 86
Already Enlightened
Inherent Goodness	p. 90
The Centered Place	p. 91
Getting Impersonal	p. 93
Being Helpful	p. 95
Innocence	p. 97
Loving the Ego Out of Existence	p. 99
Commitment	p. 101
The Special Experience	p. 103
Grace Is When We Say Yes	p. 106
Service	p. 107
Simplicity	p. 110
At the End of the Rainbow	p. 111
Free Fall	p. 113
Only Good Begets Good	p. 114
Trying To Be Human	p. 116
Lightening Up	p. 118
No Hurry	p. 119
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