Addiction is a contradiction to living. It is a state of mind which relies on convincing ourselves that drugs are necessary to maintain...

“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...

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...

Sometimes it's helpful to remember… Humans are not designed to be particularly efficient. We are designed for relating and relatedness....

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...

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...

It took me a long time... years of reflecting inwardly... a lot of sit-downs and conversations in coffee shops with others about their...

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...

"People love emotional confusion. Just look at the film posters in front of the cinema: nothing but emotional confusion on their faces....

In talking about cultural bias, racism, and othering... let me be clear... I grew up in predominately White culture... going to schools...

In the Great Way of the ancestors engaging our inherent Universal Identity of Loving Presence, there is an unsurpassable practice that...

Comparing... Measuring ourselves... Influential thoughts... Influencing feelings of inferiority... Thought life grifting Self Love......

Matcha with remembrances of my Mother and Junpo Kando Kelly Zenji, which will be added to the Zendo’s shrine altar this morning. Coming...

Self-obsession... thoughts and thinking wrapped around the axis of self... never gives space... it only takes more and more space within...

In a workshop discussing “Choice, Voice, and Boundaries,” I was struck hard when one of the panelist by the name of Adrienne Maree Brown...

Prior to entering the stream of recovery... before the practice of Zen... I had nothing but doubt resulting in depression and anxiety. It...

Silent illumination... attention attuned... heart beats... lungs rise and fall... blood pulsates... it all works until it doesn't....

I have tuned guitars, basses, and violins thousands of times as a musician. Why? Because in the natural way of things... temperature......

Questioner: I'm working on getting back to my source; that's why I want to begin practicing Zen. I figured it would help based on the...

In my experience, I know a lot of addicts that grew up in the "School of hard knocks" with a PhD. in isolation and mistrust. We're...