Not Being Hypnotized by Thoughts of Aloneness
Just because we may seem like strangers doesn’t actually mean that we are strangers. Just because it may seem like we're alone and in a...
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- 3 days ago
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Being Without Distance
What is the nature of Zen... Reality? Nothing is truly separate. No distance... No gap... No space... No time. One of the more difficult...
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- 3 days ago
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Addiction and Who Is That One Who Is So-called Conceding to the Reality
As an addict, whether my addiction was expressing itself through chemical dependency... codependency... process addictions such as food,...
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- 4 days ago
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Awakening Is Closer than Mind Thinks
For me… the only poverty worse than having no sense of who I was, was not living through my values as who I am. Zen training and practice...
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- 5 days ago
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Everyone and Every One
Everyone has their version and experience of suffering that is particular to them. We can listen carefully, honoring those trials,...
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- 6 days ago
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Universal You that Is Loving Presence
What is the nature of Zen practice? Deeply Awakening to our inherent Universal Loving Presence nature; clearly... decisively......
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- Mar 18
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The Posture of Meditation is the Shovel We Use to Dig into Self
Winter ground of thinking mind... It can appear hard and compacted. It can be difficult to penetrate. No one wants to dig here. Why? It's...
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- Mar 14
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The Zen of Situational Awareness
In Zen training and practice, blindness means that we don’t understand or experience the way things are in the Reality of Now. If we can...
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- Mar 12
- 3 min
Cat's and the Nature of Zen Practice
Many people who come to Zen are oftentimes familiar with the story of Zen Master Joshu's "Does the dog have buddha nature" question. Less...
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- Mar 11
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When the Reason We Were Born Begins to Make Sense
Just as ocean and wave are One Substance... Endless dimension consciousness (Universal Loving Presence) and localized consciousness...
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- Mar 8
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Jikijitsu - Remaining Straight Rather Than Bent by the Moment
Personally, I sit in Zazen daily. I've been doing that for 33 years. Why? Because the mind can be so busy... and I'm powerless over...
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- Mar 5
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Minding My Own Business | One Addict’s Reflection
Reflecting on recovery expressions we sometimes use, where there seems to be significant misunderstandings... In my direct experience,...
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- Mar 4
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Heart and Mind at Peace Within Itself
Addiction is a contradiction to living. It is a state of mind which relies on convincing ourselves that drugs are necessary to maintain...
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- Mar 3
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What is Zen? Freedom from Attribution Errors
“What is the Way of Awareness that's the very heart of Zen? Let us first consider what it means to be unaware, or oblivious to what is...
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- Mar 2
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My Understanding of Being A Father
About a week ago someone was asking me, "What's your goal as a father?" I replied "to be a safe, consistent, and reliable person that's...
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- Mar 1
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Effective Rather Tham Efficient
Sometimes it's helpful to remember… Humans are not designed to be particularly efficient. We are designed for relating and relatedness....
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- Feb 27
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Dōnēn - The Resolve to Awaken
When arriving, know where you came from When departing, know where you’ve gone Without letting go of the edge of the cliff The clouds are...
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- Feb 24
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The Influencing Force of Codependency on Recovery from Addiction
My sponsor once described influence as being a ball thrown in a creek or stream; wherever it goes, that is where I will go. Sitting in...
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- Feb 23
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For Those Challenged by Anger
It took me a long time... years of reflecting inwardly... a lot of sit-downs and conversations in coffee shops with others about their...
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- Feb 20
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Our Choices and Karma Are Always Meeting Each Other
Karma. Its common and most simplistic translation is "action." For me, if I were to leave it there, that would be a super shallow way of...
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