Soft Eyes and an Open Heart
Soft Eyes and an Open Heart — open heartedness requires an empty heart — a difficult concept for Westerners to grasp. Soft eyes produce astounding clarity. Let’s see how this works as a dance of intimacy.
Zen Ideas
Beliefs and Motes
Beliefs and Motes — There is no objective reality. Everything is filtered through our beliefs. Knowing that can make a difference
On Killing the Buddha
On killing the Buddha — This means ‘being with’ myself as I am, without judgement. I am how I am. And as I go there, I realize that, if I do not cling to the idea that I will be this way ‘forever,’ how I am shifts as time goes by. If I do not invest in my ‘tale of woe,’ I pass through it — until the next time.
Be Where You Are
Be Where You Are — The wise person does not know the destination. The wise person does know where he or she is now.
The Finger That Points to the Moon…
The Finger That Points to the Moon… — our internal representations are neither real, nor necessarily accurate.
Finding Compassionate Wholeness
Compassionate wholeness happens infrequently in our world, because of the downward pull toward security and safety — things valued by
Another Look at Emptiness
Another Look at Emptiness — a Western look at emptiness, and how different categories of “knowing” affect us
The Emptiness of Everything
The Emptiness of Everything — watching the workings of our mind as we invent meanings — how doing this gets us into trouble, is the point of the Heart Sutra
Life, Death, and “Gone”
Life, Death, and “Gone”– we take life for granted, putting off the work we need to do. And then, poof… we’re gone.
Zen Living: 5 Ways to Land
Zen Living: everything is unique. You must work on each thing, and be vigilant all the time, in order to land in the present moment.