Become loyal to you most innermost truth. Follow the way when all others abandon it. Walk the path of your own heart. People spend years, reading about apples, looking at apples, buying books and watching documentaries about apples, paying money to go see people who have evidently eaten apples, buying stuff with apple appliques on... Continue Reading →
In This Tao of Connection and Covid 19
Yes, these are different times. I go for a walk everyday and am enjoying greeting my neighbors as they walk down the other side of the road. There is that sense of "Hello, We are all in this together." A certain attending that is easy to lose in the everyday process. These are no longer... Continue Reading →
Cycle of Ending Suffering. Zen and Tao
We go through the process of suffering and then become aware of suffering. We gain awareness because life will offer moments of clarity during the bittersweet process of experiencing it. We all receive those gifts of momentary clarity. Many times it comes in the form of crisis or sadness like the current world medical issue. Reality... Continue Reading →
Ordinary Tao, Ordinary Zen
Lately I have been noticing that we all seem to want to be, for lack of a better word, Special. Or, perhaps another way to say it, get attention, approval, someone's love and caring, and to show and tell ourselves to others. Even those who are shy and find human social interactions painful have this... Continue Reading →