http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/ Wayne C. Allen - a simple Zen guy - writes about living and relating elegantly Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:33:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/comment-page-1/#comment-535 wayne Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:26:43 +0000 http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/#comment-535 Hi Diana, Yes, there are times when being honest can hurt, and the key is to know when being honest hurts less than telling the truth as you know it. Ultimately, as you've discovered, the only way to find ourselves is to be willing to look deeply, and accept ourselves as we are. From there, anything is possible. But the raw material we work with is always "us." Keep going, keep exploring. And as questions arise, feel free to drop me an e-mail. Hi Diana,
Yes, there are times when being honest can hurt, and the key is to know when being honest hurts less than telling the truth as you know it.
Ultimately, as you’ve discovered, the only way to find ourselves is to be willing to look deeply, and accept ourselves as we are. From there, anything is possible. But the raw material we work with is always “us.”
Keep going, keep exploring. And as questions arise, feel free to drop me an e-mail.

]]> http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Diana M. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:12:29 +0000 http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/#comment-533 Thank you so much. I was a big time christian mostly because i was brought up these way and I had been feeling hollow. Lying to my family that I truly in my soul did not want to be a christian. Recently I told my family my secret and as I feared I was and am being treated differently. I was hopeless and lost till I read what you have written. Reading this I understood that I am truthfully the only one that can make myself happy. Thank you so much you have given me a light to look at in my deepest sorrow. Thank you so much, Diana M. Thank you so much. I was a big time christian mostly because i was brought up these way and I had been feeling hollow. Lying to my family that I truly in my soul did not want to be a christian. Recently I told my family my secret and as I feared I was and am being treated differently. I was hopeless and lost till I read what you have written. Reading this I understood that I am truthfully the only one that can make myself happy. Thank you so much you have given me a light to look at in my deepest sorrow. Thank you so much, Diana M.

]]> http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/comment-page-1/#comment-463 10 Zen Principles to Help You Live Life Better « Wayne C. Allen’s Phoenix Centre Blog Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:12:56 +0000 http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/#comment-463 [...] If you liked this article, here’s another on Zen Living! [...] [...] If you liked this article, here’s another on Zen Living! [...]

]]> http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/comment-page-1/#comment-455 It’s All / It’s Not About You « Wayne C. Allen’s Phoenix Centre Blog Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:38:48 +0000 http://www.phoenixcentre.com/blog/2007/11/12/10-quick-examples-of-zen-living/#comment-455 [...] Today’s article seemed to ‘want’ a few concrete examples. I decided to publish them separately. Introduction:The Principal Paradox [...] [...] Today’s article seemed to ‘want’ a few concrete examples. I decided to publish them separately. Introduction:The Principal Paradox [...]

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