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Topic:
Keeping Your Cool in the Chaos
Discussion of a newly released book
called City Dharma, the essential guide
for everyone living in the accelerated
world most of us call home. The book
offers smart, practical ways to overcome
daily stresses and the crazy-making
reactivity of our own minds.
Guest:
Arthur Jeon
 Arthur
Jeon received his BA in Humanities from
Harvard University in 1985. Upon
graduation he worked for a management
consultancy that specialized in applying
systems theory to Fortune 500 companies
managing change. Seeking more creative
expression, he eventually became a
director of an ad agency in Boston, MA.
This work re-ignited his passion for
writing and led him back to school to get
his MFA at USC film school. For ten years
he lived in Los Angeles and worked in the
film industry as a screenwriter.
As a 12-year yoga practitioner (he
currently teaches yoga at Yoga Works in
Los Angeles), Arthur began his journey as
a spiritual seeker in the early nineties.
Seven years ago began to attend weeklong
silent retreats twice a year with the
internationally known teacher Catherine
Ingram. Gradually Arthur became steeped
in the tradition of the non-dual
teachings of Advaita Vedanta, the
mystical Vedic teachings of India that
propose simply a recognition of
indwelling presence as our true nature.
Eventually Arthur was asked by
Catherine to sit in as a substitute for
her Dharma Dialogues and then to start
holding dharma talks himself. Out of this
was born Dharma Conversations (see
schedule for times and locations). It was
out of these dharma conversations that
the idea for the book City Dharma,
Keeping your Cool in the Chaos was born,
as most of the questions and inquiry
centered on the challenges of urban
living.
Arthur currently resides in Santa
Monica with his fully enlightened cat,
Omar.
Website:
www.citydharma.com |
