Zen Moments

“I need a hundred years between each utterance… “

Deep in the mountains.
I brought no camera, no sketchbook.
Like this Buddha rupa beside its mossy stream,
it is sufficient just to be here.

I need a hundred years
between each utterance-
to clarify and settle thought-
to make the plain poetic,
and the poetic plain.

Breathing in: open-hearted.
Breathing out: open-minded.

Just keep asking yourself, “What [...]

“…we are conscious intelligence manifest in a thousand different configurations…”

“In the cherry blossom’s shade,
there’s no such thing
as a stranger.”
Issa
As a young woman in the late 70’s, I spent time in India travelling and staying in ashrams. Once, after three months of intensive meditation, I took a train to Bombay (Mumbai) with a group of friends. [...]

“…You think you can choose God like you choose a pair of shoes?…”

There is something spiritual and magic about old book stores and libraries.
Maybe it is just the smell of old books bringing back forgotten childhood memories, or maybe there is a deeper spiritual connection I can’t explain, but every time I am in [...]