Big Mind
Watching the mind work is how we prepare to live in the moment. Here are some examples of simply watching.
Mind Mirror
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The Meaning of Mind
“Do You See What I See?”
I don’t know why it’s taken me this long, but I’m [...]
Personal Self Responsibility
Essential Zen Lessons - part 3
I’m thinking that, for the summer at least, I’ll write some lists that fit the survey results from a month or so ago. There were two 98% winners - “Zen Living,” and “Zen Hints and Tips.” The other highly-vored-for [...]
More Zen Ideas
One of the chief distractions is grasping onto a sense of “this is hard.” In relationship counselling, “This is hard” is short-hand for “Why the hell should I have to change when it’s his/her fault?” Hint: because the only thing you have even slight control over is yourself.
Learning and Living Zen
Coiming into presence is the key focus of Zen, and is accomplished in Zazen and “simply noticing. Here we begin to explore the foundations of building an “attentiveness practice.”
Dropping Arrogance
Emptiness requires that I let go of clinging to my beliefs—or better, to the rightness of my beliefs. Emptiness requires that I understand that how I see the world is how I see the world, and nothing more. Emptiness is letting go of the need to get others to agree with me. Emptiness is living in the ambiguity of knowing without knowing.
Zen Based, Present Living
