The Problem With Happiness (What Am I Doing Here??) w/ Patrick Carroll

Angel City Zen Center - Beginners Only Podcast

“There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer” - Gertrude Stein

Patrick brings us the timeless tale of a Catholic kid trading his faith for the freedom of not quite knowing what the h*ll he’s doing. Along the way we get 30 years worth of ironic wisdom bombs, gleaned from a myriad of likable and unlikely teachers met across decades of practice. Can we lose our religion while still keeping the faith? How do we live up to being our own teacher, while not turning Zen into a self stunted choose your own adventure? After all these years of not living up to our name, has our So Cal Zen center finally given us a perfectly poetic surfing/zazen analogy? Find out here!!