The Old Bride knows that you must surrender how you’d like it to go and meet what shows up in your life. She says that when you know that everything that comes into your life…
24 Hours A day consists of 24 hours. A life consists of many days; each one made up of 24 hours. Those hours are hired guns to keep us in line. We hired them thinking…
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. William Shakespeare I see worry as a seeking for a result, a particular result. It goes out into the ocean of possibilities with a…
Preliminary to the solemn ceremony in which students of the Buddha take vows to uphold the moral precepts of this spiritual path, students first sew a robe. There is a sewing teacher to guide the…
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Don’t talk about the mistakes of others. The key to this precept is to STOP! Stop talking about others and particularly about the mistakes of others. BUT…we love to talk about others. Yeah…that…
Sometimes when we begin on the Zen path, a teacher will describe the relationship between a Zen student and a Zen teacher in deceptively simple terms. We may be told that the Zen…
The mind is the forerunner of all things. Whatever we put our mind on is what we identify ourselves as.If we put our mind on the things of the world, we identify ourselves as…
The most beneficial method is simple, “go slow and practice.” Read the material slowly. Don’t risk missing something by hurrying. I suggest you get a practice book to write in. Write in your own…
Part One Please download the video to watch. IMG_0474 Rather than explain the video, please study it and notice what you see. Then, ask yourself what does the video express about the human condition? Part…
The Woman with a Pink looks as if she has received a message in the form of a pink flower. The flower looks roughed; a bit worn. What is the meaning? She gazes off to contemplate the…