Poetry Month – Poems by Ryokan
Selections 4 and 5 for National Poetry Month. These two poems of Zen Master Ryokan are from Dewdrops...
Poetry Month – Poems by Robinson Jeffers
Selection #2 and #3 for National Poetry Month is Sign-Post and Evening Ebb by Robinson Jeffers, from his collection...
Why do We Fight?
Clouds part and the setting sun burns the last rays into my eyes before disappearing behind the trees....
Beginning Deep Ecology
Continuing to read “Cultivating the Empty Fields“, the translator makes a comment that Hongzhi’s teachings , who lived from...
Book Review – Cultivating the Empty Field
This is a follow-up to my previous post about the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination...
Essay – Guides and Turning Points
How did I get here? An important question I throw into the air while reading, writing, and drinking...
Book – Not answers, but where to look
The one single book that has helped me to focus, let go, and where to find the answers...
Essay – Paths and Questions
How do we know if the path we are following is meant for us, and is not someone...
MilSync – The App for Military Communication
A friend of mine, Jonathan Appleby, has started a company to develop an app for the military. It’s...
Movie – Everest
In the fall of 2015, a movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and based on the book “Into Thin Air”...
Book – The New New Journalism
I just learned of this book today, and really wish I had this as a resource a few...
Zen Master – Quote by Dogen
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) Founder of Japanese Soto Zen “Studying the Buddha Way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is...
Film – Andrei Tarkovsky
Six films of famed Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky 1932-1986) are available for free through this link: http://www.openculture.com/2010/07/tarkovksy.html Ivan’s...