Overcoming Decades of Emotional Burdens to Achieve Mental Clarity and Freedom

Before I went to 40 Years of Zen, I have an amazing life that I'm very grateful for. I'm in recovery for over 20 years, and I have a lot to be thankful for. But there was some things kind of sitting on my shoulders from my childhood, my youth, my perspective on my relationship with my parents, who have both passed away, but that were really weighing me down. So I was looking for some relief and a different perspective on a few different things that were kind of just a little bit of a shadow to what otherwise is an incredible life. I wanted to be part of 40 Years of Zen, my wife went through a few months before I did, and I saw some pretty significant changes in her, and she was kind of gently nudging me to attend as well. But the last several years, I'd been seeking something outside of kind of the means that I had grown accustomed to. I just wasn't really seeing tremendous results with therapy. Some of my work in the twelve steps, I was seeing good results, but not quite what I was hoping for. There were some hesitations to getting involved with 40 Years of Zen. I had looked through the website and I kind of see myself as very kind practical, down to earth kind of guy. And I thought, boy, is this kind of some voodoo stuff going clear out my chakras and some stuff that I wasn't real familiar with. And then I also was a little hesitant because I was a little afraid of what it might uncover, what kind of truths I might learn about myself. And I was a little afraid there might be some stuff there that I wasn't super comfortable with. I guess I just have to stick with the end result. I literally felt like I was leaving there a new man. Lighter, greater perspective and insight. I'm excited about today, I'm excited about tomorrow. I feel like with some of this stuff kind of cleared from me or lifted from me, I'm going to be a better father and husband and friend. It sounds kind of crazy, but it just feels like I had this little filter that was, like, just kind of dimmed everything a little bit. And now it just feels like that filter is gone. And it's just this kind of bright, exciting place My biggest shift is I feel like some kind of emotional and mental burdens have been like almost completely lifted from me. Like 98- 99% of these really heavy things that were on mind and spirit and they just feel like they're gone. I feel like my experience is going to benefit probably my family, the greatest, my children, my wife. I'm very hopeful that they will see some shifts in me that make me more available and kind of a safer, emotional place for them to go to. I would absolutely recommend 40 Years of Zen. I mean, I've already talked to my sister about it. I think I'm going to pay for her to go. I've recommended it to a couple of friends. I literally would have paid like a million dollars if somebody told me, hey, Colin, this is the shift that you're going to have. This is the freedom that you're going to feel. It's priceless. And I would. I would really recommend to give it a go. It's an incredible experience I feel super fortunate and grateful that I got to do I mean, I got to mention Pierre, the chef. Oh, my goodness, the food was incredible, I just can't even express it in words. How tremendous. I feel like my experience was there and the impact that it gave me. My name is Colin Denton. I'm from Phoenix, Arizona.