Wayne C. Allen - a simple Zen guy - writes about living and relating elegantly
Patiently Seeing — we really want people to make things easy for us, and when they don’t we make ourselves unhappy. There is a way past this. Psst! Hey! ** Want more great writing designed to help YOU to shift your behaviour? ** Want to learn how to find, build or deepen your principal relationship? ** … Read more
Learning to Love Little Things — we get so focused on the big externals (drama!) that we lose sight of the only thing that matter — what’s going on inside — the little things.
Take no credit. Cast no blame. Seek to empower others. Enjoy life. You have to do the first three to get the fourth
Zen and Emotional Balance–there’s nothing “Zen” about blocking emotions. In fact, Zen is all about being real, which means being elegant–including with your emotional expression.
Zen and Simple Presence — waking up is not all that hard to do, but it does require paying attention, which many find… hard to do! What is simple isn’t so simple.
Zen and Karma — karma is not a system of rewards and punishments, or even a “what goes around comes around” philosophy. It’s a statement that all things are interrelated, and results have causes.