Month: August 2024

Envisioning Myself As a Part of the Unity of All Things Inspired by a Celtic poem and a few lines of Torah I am the…

A couple of weeks ago Alan and I discussed the poems of Muso Soseki, a 13th century Japanese Zen teacher, with the Sky Flower sangha,…

I attended the online sesshin last weekend. We referred to it beforehand as the “short” sesshin since it ended on Sunday rather than Monday, but…

I’m taking a trip to Ireland next month to visit old friends and to allow my daughter, who has never been, to explore her roots.…

I just spent a week visiting family and friends in Ireland, along with my daughter and my daughter-in-law. I was born and grew up in…

When morning dawns alight with the sun.Darken as each orbit’s turning is done.Seeing what is, rejoice with what is. In daylight’s brightness, choose to live.In…

What holds me back now is not fear but ignorance. How to know what I’m looking for, how to be guided. If I get a…

When Edmund Hillary was asked why in the world he wanted to climb Everest, he famously replied: Because it’s there. I love this answer—and not…

What’s it all about, Alfie? Remember the song? Well, maybe not. It’s a song written by Burt Bacharach and performed by numerous artists, and I…