A king asked a monk, where is the breath you breath? Where is the music you play? Where is the love you speak of? Is it tangible? How come I can not see it? The king insisted, “show me the actual music, come on show it to me, prove to me there is music.” The monk was quite perplexed by the questions, but tried to respond, “Well the music is playing now, can you hear it? It is beautiful, adorable,... Read more
We enter the last week of Lent, reflecting on our own inward journey, how we have treated ourselves, others, and most importantly solitude. The solitude is a deep listening to the stillness. When the disciples asked Jesus, “how do you pray?”, he explained that you close your eyes and listen. This type of preparation is the way in which each of is preparing our own resurrection. This is the reason why Easter, the resurrection falls when it does. The symbolic... Read more
I have had the opportunity to sit with many individuals who are seeking to be something. Some are seeking a deeper understanding of spirit, some are seeking a better job or different job, some are seeking better health, and list goes on. We are all seeking something. Have you ever wondered what you are seeking? Or asked, what is seeking me right now? We love opportunities to grow and be bigger than what we know. That is why when we... Read more
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. ” – Robert Frost the last stanza of the Road Not Taken In high school I was introduced to ROAD NOT TAKEN by Robert Frost. I was moved by the poem, of course I was a senior in high school getting ready to graduate, not knowing what the world would bring me. I have never been attracted to what the... Read more
I invite you to give yourself a little SOS. Find one day and one day only where you have complete silence, and tell your friends you are giving yourself a sabbatical of silence. No Facebook, TV, FILM, Radio, cell, work, family, friends, etc.. With this invitation comes a deeper understanding of you. You create the rules, its your sabbatical. For example, maybe you sit in meditation for an hour and go to the beach and sit in silence for a... Read more
Ever since I can remember the OUR FATHER has been a staple in my life. A long the way I have lost it, given it up, and then it comes to me again with new understanding and wisdom. Although now my journey is spiritual in nature, not attached to any religion, the prayer is amazing. We are here for God to use us. Last Monday I found some Rosary Beads and found myself praying the Rosary. This time the... Read more
Acceptance is a fact. Without acceptance is denial. Denying the fact of which is actually happening now. With denial comes anger, conflict, negative emoting, and drama. Acceptance means all is neutral. This is what I mean by being neutral. Everything is neutral on this planet. You may have agitation for a person. Now someone knows the person and doesn’t have any charge with them. But it seems that you have agitation for the person. Which means that the agitation is... Read more
Ikkyu, a famous Zen teacher of the Ashikaga era, was the son of the emperor. When he was very young, his mother left the palace and went to study Zen in a temple. In this way Prince Ikkyu also became a student. When this mother passed on, she left him a letter. Here is the letter. To Ikkyu: I have finished my work in this life and am now returning into Eternity. I wish you to become a good student... Read more
We are great story tellers.In fact your entire identity is based on story. Without the story of who you are, who are you? Who are you without the story of YOU? Who is telling the story? We tell stories about everything, everybody, and everything is lost and found in the story. We have wonderful stories of God. Although God is not found in a label, story, or words. God can not be described in terms of stories. So God is... Read more
I had the chance to listen to three people debate on God. One believed strongly that his God was this way, and the other believed his God saw things another way, and then another gentlemen threw in the mix, “I don’t believe in God,” that is when I laughed. It came like a flash, “you don’t own God”.” God isn’t a belief, as you can see belief is separation and it doesn’t feel like it is about belief. It feels... Read more
Wrestling With Yourself
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