# On Alienation and Intimacy

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Podcast: [Zen Mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/zen-mind-898115)
Published: 2025-06-26T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170403/episodes/17400603-on-alienation-and-intimacy.mp3
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## Resource

This talk was given as part of a Weekend Sitting at the Boulder Zen Center. It examines the feeling of alienation that comes from the mental construction of a separate self with an internal and an external space. What is the cure for such alienation? Learning to locate ourselves in an experiential space, in which all the contents of our lives (the physical world as well as our feelings and thoughts) are allowed to happen just as they are happening. Despite the serious personal and societal pr...

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