'Real’ sponsorship, mentorship, friendship, or any interpersonal relationship—truly healthy, non-toxic, and genuine—requires sincere,...

見方 (mikata), or “way of seeing,” invites a deep introspection and experiencing into how we perceive REALITY as REALITY, not just as a...

In my direct experience, Zazen is not an isolated practice. It's not confined to a set beginning, middle, and end... a beginning and...

When it comes to meditation, specifically the practice of Zazen, I had no natural talent or skill for it. In fact, in my 34 years of Zen...

There was an occasion when I was invited to give a teaching at a Buddhist temple, focused on the topic of 'inclusion versus exclusion.'...

There was a time when my attention would lock onto and agree with the thought, “I need to feel my feelings.” As my meditation practice...

In my continuous process of uncovering and healing from the toxic relationship with addiction mind... negativity mind, Step 8 invites...

One of the greatest challenges I've noticed in relationships is that many people enter them with an "audition" mentality. They approach...

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...