ABOUT THIS EPISODE

In this episode, Zebediah Rice relates the story of the encounter between the famous Zen monk, Hakuin, and a powerful Samurai seeking insight into the nature of heaven and hell. From this extraordinary little story, we learn much about the nature of the human self and how to achieve an optimal state of well-being. Using the story as our guide, we learn about levels of consciousness and in particular we learn about the first two, the physical self and the subconscious or emotional self.