Susan

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Envisioning Myself in the Unity of All Things

05/26/2024

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…

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Old Man in Retirement

06/28/2024

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,…

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Pacifying the Mind

06/28/2024

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…

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Not Knowing is Most Intimate

08/07/2024

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.…

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Seeking with Empty Hands

08/07/2024

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…

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Choosing To Live

08/07/2024

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…

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The Sacred Warrior

08/21/2024

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…

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Because It’s There

09/27/2024

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…

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Alfie

11/08/2024

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…

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