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  • May the Fourth Be with You

    Let-go of what weighs you down… “Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.” ~Yoda. And May the Fourth be with you! Continue reading

    May the Fourth Be with You

  • Han Shan 36

    Lust, or love; some grasp at it for happiness, but only calamity dwells within the mortal shell, and thus they march through fire toward a bright mirage, to find all love inconstant; the dying body . . . A real… Continue reading

  • Cultivating Non-Intellection

    Q: If I follow this Way, and refrain from intellectual prooesscs and conceptual thinking, shall I be cenain of attaining the goal? A: Such non-intellection ts following the Way! Why this talk of attaining and not attaining? The matter is thus–by thinking of something… Continue reading

  • Zen Teacher Anita Feng

    A very cool studio interview by Buddhist Art News. I visited the raku studio of artist and zen teacher Anita Feng in late August at the height of Indian summer. The trees had not yet caught fire, but the air… Continue reading

  • The Method of the Moon Bridge

    The Moon was one of humankind’s first measures for time. Thus, to this day the word “month” recalls that original measurement. “Moon” itself probably arises from a variation of the Indo-European term “me-” which is also the root for “to… Continue reading

  • Catching the morning sun. | garyschollmeier

    Catching the morning sun. | garyschollmeier.   Continue reading

  • Textifying to the Encompassing Good

    Five years ago, after someone claimed that texting was a complete waste of time, I challenged myself: Would it not be a wonderful exercise in perennial philosophy to come up with aphorisms in 160 characters or less? I began to… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120407

    Knowing of a method (way-beyond) is no-method. Suddenly ALL perfects as THIS. Brilliantly ONE perfects as NONE. Letting-go, openness. Continue reading