Description: Would you give up everything to follow a Zen master? For my sister who I hadn't seen in years, the answer was yes. She joined a cult, changed her name, became a disciple of a Zen master named "Umi" and cut off most contact with her past. To reconnect, I had to throw off my prejudices and enter her world. And to get to know her, I needed to get to know everyone in her community, including "Umi". "Stillpoint" is a rare look inside an isolated enclave of seekers.
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Would you give up everything to follow a Zen master? In the mountains high above Santa Cruz, California a group of eclectic people live a monk-like existence in the pursuit of enlightenment. Zen master "Umi" is at the center of it all and his followers choose to give up their privacy, dress only in blue, eat meals in silence, donate all earnings to a common fund, separate from their families and change their names. What kind of person does this? "Stillpoint" seeks to answer that question. The road to enligh
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