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SCARF and STER: The Acronyms (and Practices) of Suffering and Awakening
Greetings from Japan Insights Into Practices What I’m Cooking 3-Month Practice Period Half-day Retreats Greetings from Japan. Walking four days of the Kumano Kodo trail was wonderful. It was both more challenging and more spectacularly beautiful than I Imagined. Now,...
Go Straight Ahead
Finding Direction In Challenging Times Greetings From Japan Insights Into Practices What I’m Watching Three Month Practice Period Half Day Retreats Greetings from Japan. I just walked the first day of the Kumano Kodo trail, part of an ancient, sacred walk, in the...
Do You Remember? Three Transformative Poems
Do You Remember That Time and Light Are Kinds of Love? Insights Into Practices What I’m Reading: A children’s book What I’m Cooking: Ginger Tofu 3-Month Practice Period, Beginning January 8th I keep coming back to this statement by Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki: “The...
Why Does Everything Have To Be So Hard!? The Wisdom of Homer Simpson
3 Practices For Engaging with Uncertainty And Difficult Times Insights Into Practices What I’m Cooking: Steamed Kale 3-Month Practice Period, Beginning January 8th A few of my favorite Homerisms: “Lisa, I want to share something with you: The three little sentences...
Amnesia and Anesthesia: Remembering To Remember; Feeling Deeply
Insights Into Practices 3-Month Online Practice Period (beginning January 8th) A Favorite Quote What I’m Watching Two core ills of our culture are amnesia and anesthesia, forgetting and not feeling. This comes from Frances Weller’s beautiful book The Wild Edge of...
Delusions Are Inexhaustible, I Vow To End Them
The Aspiration and Practice of Not Being Fooled By Things Insights Into Practices A Zen Poem: Harmony of Difference and Equality What I’m Watching Half Day Retreats An egg of an eagle once mysteriously ended up in a chicken coop. The eagle hatches and grows up among...