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February 21, 2013

On the Way to No-Thinking

When in the seen will only be what is seen. And in the heard only what is heard When in the senses, only what is sensed And in the known, only what is known You will not be influenced by… Continue reading

February 21, 2013

Zen Gateway Online

A brief guide to The Zen Gateway website – the online community for Chan/Zen Buddhism. via Zen Gateway Related articles Learning To Live In The Moment With ‘The Dude’ (wnyc.org) Hakuin: The sight of one hand clapping (japantimes.co.jp) Temple teaches… Continue reading

February 19, 2013

Struggle Falling Away: Love

“Here it is–right now. Start thinking about it and you miss it.” Huangbo, The Zen Teaching of Huang Po “Meditation is very simple. It means to surrender the mind, the body, and the world, from moment to moment, to the… Continue reading

February 17, 2013

Being Among Strangers | Sarah E. Cornish

If we are paying attention, being among strangers offers us the luxury of feeling every inch of ourselves and knowing that our bodies affect all the other bodies around us. Being among strangers gives us the chance to develop patience… Continue reading

February 7, 2013

Comments to a Walking Meditation 20130205

The good is one thing, the gratifying is quite another; their goals are different, both bind a man. Good things await him who picks the good; by choosing the gratifying, one misses one’s goal. Both the good and the gratifying… Continue reading

January 15, 2013

Loving Creator

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” St. Francis of Assissi… Continue reading

December 20, 2012

Meditatio

You can listen to a piece that I put together called Meditatio by clicking here. Continue reading

July 1, 2012

Together Alone Coming Down Later

After doing prostrations, bending old body into the smoke-filled interior of the strange bedding, mind detaches from flowing world. Ages pass into moments pass into chaos pass into stillness where all these perennial teachings push me to transgress, to overcome,… Continue reading

June 6, 2012

Whatever, Etc., 0014: Actuality is NOT Necessity

June 4, 2012

Whatever, Etc., #13: Beginning to Wise up the Mark

May 22, 2012

Whatever, Etc. 0012: Imaginative Variation-Beginnings

May 6, 2012

Whatever Etc. #9: Focusing on Situatedness (Cont)

May 6, 2012

Textimony 20120505

Our highest adaptation is that we need not be merely adaptive. Vital reason can detach from the drive to exist & we can flourish in LIBERTY. Continue reading

May 4, 2012

Whatever, Etc: 7, Focusing on Actual Situations, Part 1

Moving forward in the three aspects of contemplation to giving focus to our actual situatedness… Continue reading

May 3, 2012

Whatever, Etc 6: A first aspect of Mindful Contemplation

March 2, 2012

Philosophizing as a Way of LIfe

I do not believe that philosophizing is synonomous with what goes by the name of “philosophy” in the schools. The professions of scholarship, research, and instruction are outcroppings of critical philosophizing but hardly the ultimate expression. (See my Four Kinds… Continue reading