Depend Upon It…
A Zen ThingMeditation Point #124 Spring has come. A thousand flowers are in bloom? for what? for whom? – – A ZEN Saying What a great question upon which to reflect. Many would say for nothing. Would a Zen Master? More importantly, would you? Spring is a glorious time of year, I always wondered why we don’t Read More
Political Personal Responsibility
A Zen Thing . Articles of Interest . News . OffTopicFor the first time in my adult life I publicly endorsed a candidate, Fred Thompson. Well it is now old news that he withdrew his bid for President. From my perspective this was a sad day for Conservative, Federalists who want to preserve our country and stop the march to Socialism and Communism. That one Read More
Fear, the Great Demotivator
A Zen Thing . Training notesMeditation Point #123 Everyone always asks about your goals and motivations. What do you want? Where do you want to be? Very few people will ask what are you afraid of… Mostly because this is an intimate and person question that requires us to expose our weaknesses. But I am asking it now, what are Read More
Grasp it more loosely
A Zen ThingMeditation Point #122 How shall I grasp it? Do not grasp it. That which remains when there is no more grasping is the Self. – – PANCHADASI Think of water here, or Love. Most things in life can not be forced like grasping water or making another love you. Matter of fact the best things Read More
Don’t Fight It…Breath
A Zen Thing . Training notesMeditation Point #121 Today’s Post made possible with the use of FlipText.net. Read More
Know Yourself, Be At Peace
A Zen ThingMeditation Point #120 One day Chuang-tzu and a friend were walking along a riverbank. “How delightfully the fishes are enjoying themselves in the water!” Chuang-tzu exclaimed. “You are not a fish,” his friend said. “How do you know whether or not the fishes are enjoying themselves?” “You are not me,” Chuang-tzu said. “How do you know that Read More
Solitude
A Zen ThingMeditation Point #119 So many stones are thrown at me that I no longer cover, the turret’s cage is shapely, high among high towers. My thanks, to its builders, may they escape pain and woe, here, I see suns rise earlier, here, their last splendors glow. And often winds from northern seas fill the windows Read More
Putting Things in Perspective
A Zen Thing . Articles of Interest . VideoSometimes we need to pause and put things in perspective. It isn’t often that I run across something that covers the big picture so well, so when I do I like to share it. Hope this helps you gain some perspective for without perspective there is little we can do. Perhaps watching this will give Read More
The Lesson of the 5 Monkeys
A Zen Thing . Articles of InterestWe begin to learn the lesson of the five monkeys but putting five monkeys in a cage and in the cage hang a banana on a string and put stairs leading up to it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches Read More
Meditation Point #118
A Zen ThingSelf Doubt The more intelligent and cultured a man is, the more subtly he can humbug himself. – – Carl Gustav Jung We all doubt ourselves and to some extent put ourselves down, it is part of human nature. Occasionally we will meet someone who is so full of themselves that they are delusional, this Read More
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