Winter 2018 – Holiday Message from Old Earth Wisdom Duty: assuming all tasks can betray arrogance. The idea […]
Winter 2018 – Holiday Message from Old Earth Wisdom
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The Basics of the Hua T’ou Method
FREE E-BOOK: Work, Karma Yoga by Ming Zhen Shakya
Detachment and McCormack’s “Selling Heaven” by Ming Zhen Shakya
“Detachment and Selling Heaven” is a memorable essay by Ming Zhen Shakya….it resounds on many levels like the sound of a gong being struck. Her exquisite understanding of the Irish tenor who is seemlingly forever drowning himself in sentiment, leaving many to go the grave soaking wet and her brilliant understanding of the attachment involved and the well-placed observance of the poems, especially McCormack’s, The Portrait.
Well worth the read!
