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...
Zen Master – Quote by Dogen
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) Founder of Japanese Soto Zen “Studying the Buddha Way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is...
Poem – As Years Pass
A quiet moment as the sun sets. Fields emerging from thinning snow. What is distant is near –...
On “Dualism”
I am reading the “Cultivating the Empty Field” for the second time, and also Dogen’s “Moon in a...