________________________________________ Moral Health | June 11, 2014 ________________________________________ That morality is a natural feature of the natural world is an insight we all have to learn if we hope to be deeply well. The more the sense of an autonomous self is injected into any situation, the more it acts as a lightning rod for […]

________________________________________ Love and Compassion | June 9, 2014 ________________________________________ The two feelings of love and compassion are intimately linked. Without love, compassion cannot arise, and compassion always involves having love. Without love one would not have compassion for others’ pain; instead you would probably have pity, if not total indifference. It is because of love […]

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The Highest Aspiration | June 8, 2014It’s one thing to practice to get some relief from anxiety, to calm the mind—all of which is certainly legitimate—but it’s practicing Zen on a very superficial level. From the Zen Buddhist point of view this is a very low aspiration. The highest aspiration is the desire for awakening. […]

The Power of Creative Visualization.

Fasting for three days can regenerate entire immune system, study finds – Telegraph.

________________________________________ Understanding the Breath | June 7, 2014 ________________________________________ Breath takes care of itself. Arising and passing away quite impersonally, with no one breathing. This understanding comes through our attention. —Sylvia Boorstein, “Body as Body”

________________________________________ Birth and Death | June 6, 2014 ________________________________________ Just understand that birth-and-death is itself nirvana. There is nothing such as birth and death to be avoided; there is nothing such as nirvana to be sought. Only when you realize this are you free from birth and death. —Eihei Dogen, “Birth and Death”