Sep
02
Take Me to The Happy
Some people wake up “Happy to Be Alive”. Just look at that doggy 🐶! So joyous, so free! I'm not one of those people. Dangit!
3 min read
zen
Aug
21
Who Makes One?
I remember some years ago reading a book written by Zen Master Seung Sahn, (I can’t remember which one, there are so many). He discussed the question:
“Who makes one?”
Who makes one is a question that confronts our thinking. It attacks our concepts.
3 min read
Aug
04
Zen
What is Zen? According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, the definition of Zen is:
1: a Japanese sect of Mahayana Buddhism that aims at enlightenment by direct intuition through meditation
2: a state of calm attentiveness in which one’s actions are guided by intuition rather than by conscious effort
2 min read
Aug
03
Zen (Not Frozen)
One of the ways I respond to stress is to freeze 🥶 in place and stop moving. Even though this is completely opposite of what would really be best for me, the immobility seems to happen before I know it. Then, it takes over and stays too long (like an unwelcome house guest).
4 min read
Jul
15
Why Only Live?
When we come to a reckoning with reality, we realize that the human mind is limited in both perception and capacity. The human mind cannot ken the essence of good and evil; that is above its genetic endowment, as one might say, above our paygrade. What is left then; desperation; nihilism?
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