Zen Moments

“…the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner peace circuitry… the more peaceful our planet will be…”

“A powerful talk  – well worth 18 minutes”
Stroke Of Insight – Jill Bolte Taylor – Some Highlights…
“I grew up to study the brain because I have a brother who has been diagnosed with a brain disorder, [...]

“I discovered why the universe wanted me to be a teacher…
the day I broke my toe…”

Well to be fair, it was a few days after I broke my toe. And I’ve always suspected that what the universe wants is really what I want. So perhaps it would be better to say: I discovered why I [...]

“Having a child … can be an adventure all on its own…”

When I realized that my life experiences are simply different and wonderful in their own way, I stopped feeling inferior due to wonderful stories of travel and adventure I hear from my childless friends. Having a child when you’re a still a child can [...]

“I love him for every single bizarre behaviour he throws my way…”

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before – but my three year old son, Oliver is weird.
This is at least partly due to something called SPD (sensory processing disorder) that causes him to engage in activities that “feed” his need for a lot [...]

“I don’t think that I have done anything more important in my life…”

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living.
It was a cowboy’s life, a life for someone who wanted no boss.
What I didn’t realize was that it was also a ministry.
Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional. [...]

“…inner peace is the ultimate source of happiness…”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: A 2 minute video clip from Khashyar
“Ultimately we want happiness.
We do not want suffering – everybody – every sentient being. Now we are actually creating more unnecessary suffering.

I think it’s very important to make clear to the public – we are not talking [...]

“The Earth laughs in flowers”

Some restful meditations on the beauty of flowers – chosen from Youtube by Zen Moments

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” – The Buddha.

“Nobody sees a flower — really — it is so small it takes time — we haven’t time [...]

A man surprises people at a gas station and offers to pay for their gas. He selects his target cars almost at random and tells his amazed recipients: “Just do something nice for somebody else…”

“Mooring on Chien-Te River”

The boat rocks at anchor by the misty island
Sunset, my loneliness comes again.
In these vast wilds the sky arches down to the trees.
In the clear river water, the moon draws near.
Meng Hao-Jen
Translation from the Chinese by Gary Snyder
Photograph kindly contributed to Zen Moments by Sam Cicero
“Meng Hao-jan (689–740 C.E.) is generally [...]

“You no never mean to me…You a good person”

While babysitting and hanging out with my best-good friends’ children, I was picking and prodding pomegranate seeds from the shell, having picked some fresh from the girl’s backyard.
While the youngest, age just 2, was eating hers from a bowl while watching kid shows on the couch, the [...]