The Ogres who visit during the Holidays

The holiday season can be, and often is, a mixed bag for many.  Your expectations, your hopes and desires, the anxiety of what getting together with family will bring or…

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Marvelous Illusion

Last night as I was sleeping I dreamt — marvelous illusion — that there was a beehive here in my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and…

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Falling into Life

Koan Mr. Pang was selling baskets. Coming down off a bridge with his arms full, he stumbled and fell. When his grownup daughter saw this, she ran up and threw…

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There is Another World Inside of This One

“There is another world and it is inside this one.”  – Paul Eluard Meditation practice doesn’t give you information or experiences about life; it presents the experience of life itself.  Koans,…

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