# Completing the Past in the Present

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Podcast: [Zen Mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/zen-mind-898115)
Published: 2026-03-05T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170403/episodes/18785377-completing-the-past-in-the-present.mp3
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Zazen reveals how much of our mental struggle is bound up with time. The future presses in as plans, goals, and ideals of what we or the world should become. The past returns as memory, justification, and attempts to reinterpret difficult experiences—often in the service of protecting an image of who we are. In a psychological approach, we might be guided to explain and rearrange our story in healthier ways. In meditation practice, however, when the past resurfaces, it becomes an opportunity ...

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