not THE way, but A way
I have taken and shared many photo’s in Second Life, and some of those captured moments shared in photo form have been very touching. Those of you who know about Second Life know what I mean. There is still a feature within second life that will allow you to actually makes moves of what is [...]
This article will attempt to provide some context about Zen Buddhism. I will provide links to much of the content, because let’s face it, I am no expert in Zen Buddhist history. We should leave the history to those more knowledgeable than I. The following table will provide a small time line, with some notable [...]
A place where my virtual sangha meets my real life one. One of my best buddies in the world and partners in crime, El Babblo himself. He knows more about Zen than me (and who doesn’t) and he helps me try and get at least my history right. He tries to help on the rest [...]
I first experienced the release and joy hidden behind the concept of “no self” one Thanksgiving night, not because I was feeling especially thankful but because I tend to feel blue after the guests have gone home. I discovered eastern spirituality during my teenage years. Then and now it has been my spiritual homeland, but [...]
I am real excited. When I started this blog, I thought it would be kind of a exploration for me and just something new for me to try. I had a secret hope that it might spur the same type of motivation and vision in others. I really do feel like… if I can do [...]
For years now the web has been a buzz with new ways to socialize, find love or lust for that matter, and mainly do things we could or would not do from outside the confides of our own home. We are all just crazy-productive with all these new forms of networking, information, and collaboration, well, [...]
So… it has been another week or so since I have smoked a cigarette. I have been doing fairly well actually. I was wondering what made this time different than the last couple times I have quit? Could it be the meditation? This article talks about my quitting smoking, and if meditation can help in [...]
In the last post, “Zazen (Mediation): The Heart of the Matter“, I wrote about zazen, some common questions and a real simple way I look at it. But just because the way of doing zazen is simple, that doesn’t mean that performing zazen is easy. In the article “Touching the Earth” I wrote about one [...]
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