Stephen Mitchell on the Questioning Mind

<p>Stephen Mitchell is an author and translator who has dedicated much of his life to Zen practice.&nbsp;Eric and Stephen have an in depth discussion about the questioning mind as well as his work of translating many famous texts, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/37uoLuP" target="_blank"><em>Tao Te Ching</em></a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2Hrjvxt" target="_blank"><em>Bhagavad Gita</em></a>, and Rilke’s&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2OXjcyT" target="_blank"><em>“Letters To a&nbsp;Young Poet”</em></a>.&nbsp;Stephen has also co-authored many books with his wife,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oneyoufeed.net/byron-katie/" target="_blank">Byron Katie</a>, who is a former guest on the show.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://oneyoufeed.net/2019" target="_blank">Need help with completing your goals in 2020?&nbsp;The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year.</a></p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p><strong>In This Interview, Stephen Mitchell and I Discuss the Questioning Mind and…</strong></p><ul><li>The parable: how reality cannot be broken into good or bad, it’s just what is.</li><li>When authentic action that is true to yourself becomes second nature, it’s&nbsp;an expression of your own reality.</li><li>His wife Katie’s words, “when we believe our thoughts, we suffer; when we question our thoughts, we don’t.”</li><li>Suffering can end when we awaken to the truth</li><li>Distinguishing between pain, a physical phenomenon, and suffering, a mental phenomenon</li><li>Suffering often comes from being stuck in an imagined past or imagined future</li><li>His translation of the Heart Sutra that is about openness rather than emptiness</li><li>The “d