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SEEKERS'
SHIMUHENGâ„ 

The Soshimsa Zen Center
Ten Stage Recovery Journey

Train The Mind.
Heal the Karma.
Awaken True Self

A ~1,000-day journey of recovery and spiritual cultivation rooted in the Zen Ten Oxherding Pictures and developed through Soshimsa Zen Center's direct work with people in recovery.
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The Bull is the Mind

The Bull wanders. It follows familiar paths. It can be stubborn, powerful, impulsive, and difficult to control.

So too can the habits of body, mind, and behavior. Recovery requires more than simply wanting a different life.

We learn the track. We train the mind. Eventually, the Bull knows the way home.

The Ten-stage Journey

A journey of spiritual cultivation.

1

seeker

2

tracker

3

seer

4

wrangler

5

tamer

6

seer

7

transcender

8

equalizer

9

wakeful

10

returner

15

Since 2019, Soshimsa Zen Center has brought meditation, Zen-based practices, and practical tools for working with the mind to 15 recovery facilities.
Seekers' Shimuhengâ„  grea from real people, real struggles, and real tranformation.

Born from the Work

FACILITIES
and growing

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