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This was sent to me, and it took my breath away.

Watch it; it speaks for itself. In reply, a friend sent me this:

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After writing last on balance, I had a powerful experience yesterday that brings to mind another important aspect of a healthy life. Out of the blue an old friend who I hadn’t seen for years showed up at the Zen Center. It was pure happenstance that I was there myself, for I have been an […]

Blogging itself is a good example of this point; I find myself accumulating ideas and forgetting them, then in a burst composing several and interacting with others’ in a short period of time before going quiet for months. This intensity of effort comes at the expense of so much else. Far better to find a […]

Blogging itself is a good example of this point; I find myself accumulating ideas and forgetting them, then in a burst composing several and interacting with others’ in a short period of time before going quiet for months. This intensity of effort comes at the expense of so much else. Far better to find a […]

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I have been resisting moderating my comments, and at the same time ignoring my commitment to write regularly, since I have seen so much spam coming in. It is horrible!
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My friend Mr. Bob J. in Nashville was one of the first people to pester me with his blog postings, and after while I came to look forward to his intermittent rambling and philosophizing. An articulate and provocative soul, he brings spice to the Zen view of life.He is one of the forces that started […]

I have stopped reading newspapers.
I finished watching the news on TV a long time ago, and also cut most of my magazine subscriptions. I wasn’t reading them. We were piling up unread copies of the metro newspaper, so I stopped that, too. I used to read the Wall Street Journal every day, because it was […]

This is the first year as an adult that I have not had Christmas colored by my employer. As a practicing Zen Buddhist, Christmas had already taken on new meaning for me, but without the noise of a Christmas tree in the lobby, and endless office parties and business Christmas cards, it is cleaner, simpler. […]