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.
Lost in Thought
This article is a guide to the awakened state. Being endlessly “Lost in Thought” is not helpful, and yet is the prevalent state. Let’s think, instead, of how we might balance things out–creating a unity of body, mind, and spirit.
Body Voices
There is a certain reluctance, for most of us, to exit our heads and to pay attention to our bodies, senses, emotions, and spirits. We begin to look at how to barely listen to the voice of our body, and in this way to become more centered and calm.
Ideological Foolishness
We get “caught” in our beliefs, and find ourselves blocked, in pain, and unaware. This articles explains the power of ideologies, and how to identify and overcome them.
Non-Habitual Living and Being
The way we view our lives, and ‘reality’ is not true. In fact, it’s simply an unconscious habit. Learn ways to recognize habitual thinking and behaving, and then, learn how to change it.
Zen Based, Present Living
