Namaste Now!

Zen opens a man’s eyes to the greatest mystery as it is daily and hourly performed; it enlarges the heart to embrace eternity of time and infinity of space in its every palpitation; it makes us live in the world as if walking in the garden of Eden. - D.T. Suzuki

zen –> awareness
The word [...]

Read Full Post »

Don’t just do something, sit there. - Bumper Sticker

do something
That we must be doing something, constantly, is firmly ingrained in our collective consciousness. And not just that, we’re to feel guilty if we don’t do what’s expected of us or what we expect of self. And because of this epidemic we suffer. Thanks to a [...]

Read Full Post »

One moon shows in every pool; in every pool, the one moon. - A Zen Forest: Zen Sayings

zen perspective
A zen perspective allows us to inhabit the current moment. Just reading the quote above can also do that…
zen haiku?
all is connected
all in one, one in all; is
let’s connect the dot
 
Daily Affirmation: Today I just AM.
Recommendation: [...]

Read Full Post »

So much of modern life is a feverish anticipation of future activity and excitement. We have to learn to step back from this into the freedom and possibility of the present. - Fr. Bede Griffiths

ok to anticipate
We anticipate and we dream; we are ever waiting for something to happen. It’s actually a great tendency [...]

Read Full Post »

Learn to pause… or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you. - Doug King

fire!
We are people on the go! We wake up in a hurry, go to school/work in a hurry. We do this while breathing hard and fast, thinking quick thoughts and never stopping to smell the rose. Let’s Stop, Drop & Roll!
stop, [...]

Read Full Post »