{"id":26200,"date":"2026-07-23T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=26200"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:33:19","slug":"just-one-question-osho-zenju-earthlyn-manuel-how-can-we-accept-darkness","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/just-one-question-osho-zenju-earthlyn-manuel-how-can-we-accept-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Just One Question | Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: How Can We Accept Darkness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/d36932a6-78f2-41b4-ae99-8e5a776558a8\/embed?theme=dark-custom&amp;primary_color=%23F60F60\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we heard Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel share her story of a terrifying night she couldn\u2019t breathe, it was eerily similar to a personal experience\u2014and helpful too. We knew we had to share this moment from her conversation with Tami Simon on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which she tells the story of the night she nearly died from a severe anaphylactic reaction and how she got through it not by searching for light at the end of the tunnel, but by staying present with the darkness itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zenju, a poet and ordained Zen Buddhist priest, challenges the instinct most of us have to fear darkness, rush out of it, or wait for a gift on the other side. Instead, she describes an experience of profound non-struggle \u2014 a moment of near-death where she wasn&#8217;t afraid, didn&#8217;t fight, and somehow found a way to keep breathing by trusting her body completely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key themes from this episode:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why darkness \u2014 and even light \u2014 may be far more unknown and unknowable than we assume<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How struggling against a frightening experience can make it worse, while staying present with it can be transformative<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A firsthand account of surviving a full-blown anaphylactic shock without fear<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rethinking our cultural instinct to rush ourselves and others out of difficult emotional or physical states<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why &#8220;the absence of light&#8221; might be less about despair and more about a different kind of awakening<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taken from the full <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conversation with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/a\/resources\/podcast\/zenju-earthlyn-manuel-opening-to-darkness\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening to Darkness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d which is also the title of her book. Find the complete interview in this feed or at soundstrue.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This episode is sponsored by Omega Institute, a global gathering hub for lifelong learning and spiritual exploration. Omega offers weekend workshops, special events, rest and rejuvenation retreats, professional training, online learning, and more. 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