Poem – Evening Light
Rust faded chair surrounded by blue flakes still rocks with ease. Facing west I sit just before sunset...
Poetry Month – Poems by Ryokan
Selections 4 and 5 for National Poetry Month. These two poems of Zen Master Ryokan are from Dewdrops...
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...
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...
Poem – Walked Across the Field
I walked across that empty field after the weeds took over and boulders fell from the darkening sky...
Poem – Across the Empty Field
I see a shadow sitting beneath a tree. The tree does not move and the shadow is still....
New Project – Empty Field Dharma
I have started a new site dedicated to information and discussion around the Empty Field Dharma. The concept...
Snowshoeing on 03/02/14
Snowshoeing on 03/02/14 I follow the packed trail others before me have taken. Winding through pine, poplar, and...
The Great Mystery
This was written by Hanakia Zedek, a great friend, brother, and being with no place. http://www.edgemagazine.net/2014/03/the-great-mystery/ To me,...
Documentary – India’s Holy Men – Beyond
This is a documentary about India’s Holy Men, titled Beyond. They are part of a spiritual sect called...
Poem – Untitled
Sometimes word just get in the way of the image. The image speaks everything we want to say...
Poem – Daily Observations from Lutsen, MN
Daily observations from Lutsen, MN #1 Rocky shoreline, we walked with Leroy following closely behind, grows when the...
Lutsen, MN – Video of Lake Superior
A video by Twisted Root Studios of fog racing across Lake Superior where it is -20 with spring-like...