How do we work with challenging feelings when they arise -- sadness, fear, anger, guilt and shame? It is common to want to avoid or push these feelings away. However, when we don’t identify with them, strong feelings are often a powerful doorway to non-dual consciousness.

In this talk, Gyodo Sensei shares ways to work with these feelings in our Zen practice, including The Great Heart Way practice developed by his teachers, Roshi Ilia Shinko Pérez and Roshi Gerry Shishin Wick.