Using the mind to control or manage mind itself is a commitment to being caught in an endless loop of suffering. It's like attempting to...

What happens to us when we try to control the uncontrollable? Suffering is usually the only thing on the menu of experience, at that...

Nin (忍)... Patience... can invite and encourage our vision to widen... to relax... to open rather than contract... physically, mentally,...

In the four-fold posture of Zazen, observe and witness thinking as thinking, the imaginary as imaginary, the storyline as storyline....

Zazen practice doesn't give us anything that we already aren't. It helps us to notice 360° Universal Loving Presence as our True Nature....

The so-called "You" is a concept the mind creates and aims its thoughts at, to gain a reflection of itself. This is despite the fact that...

Once, a university professor visited a well-respected Zen Master to learn about Zen. The Master invited him to sit for a cup of tea. The...

A horizon is only a horizon because of how we're looking at things, based on the idea of separation... a beginning, middle, and end. When...

The essence of Buddhism lies in awakening to our Original Nature, which is inherently free from suffering. Even though pain is an...

In my personal experience, learned emotional paralysis, a condition rooted in societal malconditioning and unhealthy attachment styles,...

Mind makes barking noises, like a big and vicious dog, with glistening white teeth snapping at us, and we, easily manipulated, falsely...

What could happen for us, if we took a day off from giving our time and attention to the minds tendency toward doubt that's usually a...

When our lives start to improve, and we no longer face major consequences from the disease, we may become complacent. My sponsor once...

Thinking mind has the capacity to look at a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, lift out a single piece, and say this is the entirety of the...

As a child, my gaze and attention were always pointed toward the ground, absorbed in the immediacy of my surroundings. The world at my...

In our practice and process of growing toward self-awareness and healing, it's vital to recognize not just the external values, AKA...

Forgiveness is not a yes or no, black or white, forgive and forget proposition. It's not a goal to be achieved. It's not a location or...

When someone, as a result of the reality of their body, moves to using a chair in the Zendo to do Zazen, the mind's attachments and...

In my own practice of Zen and recovery from addiction, and an awkward childhood surrounded by people who weren't very transformationally...

Kaizen (改善) reflects a commitment to continuous improvement, a mindful approach to life that invites and supports growth and...