Though Father's Day is a day our society invites us to celebrate the nature of fatherhood. For me it's a day of mourning. It's a day of...

If an absence of thinking - not allowing attention and awareness to be distracted by thoughts that come and go on their own - results in...

An old friend often said, "It's heartbreaking when addiction masquerades as recovery. When I'm coasting in recovery, not truly connected,...

What is the essence of Zen? Not performing. Being 100% natural. Zen, at its core, is a practice that invites us to be, not perform. It is...

These are some meeting notes that I came across this morning, that I was using as reflection points, during my morning meditation....

The mind is a river, ceaselessly flowing, full of life, unexpected turns, and currents that may either guide us toward tranquility or...

Mind's chatter quiets, In silence, attention connects, Healing begins here. In my experience connection, meditation, and recovery from...

Yesterday, like every day, I found myself in a conversation with a recovering addict. I was asked about my personal "strategies" for...

Martin Heidegger once wrote, "As things become dulled and inauthentic, they are conceptualized rather than experienced; they are taken...

For me, there have been two distinct phases in my life: the time since recovering from active addiction, and everything that happened...

Our attention can be surprisingly unpredictable and sometimes trick us into believing it's beyond our ability to manage. It can be a...

Karma? In my direct experience, I drop a stone in a pond. The ripples radiate outward... and after some time has passed, the waves...

When attention is welded to thought, we are blind to Reality as Reality. When we are caught up and entangled in thought patterns coming...

The simplest way that I can express my spirituality... my Zen practice... my ministry as a priest and monk is be present, open, alert,...

Maybe because Monday is Memorial Day... maybe just because... before opening my eyes, I remembered Zen Master John Daido Lorri saying...

There are words that can seeds that take root inside of us; remaining long after they've been spoken or read, echoing realities so...

Walking, running, hiking, or climbing, we may not consider it much or take it for granted. But, in order to move in a direction, we must...

Henry David Thoreau Once wrote, "As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in...

Zen training and practice encourages us to intentionally and deliberately shift our attention away from the mental activities that often...

Growing up, I found myself frequently trapped in mental loops of self-deprecation. Phrases like, "I feel fundamentally flawed," "I feel...