Tacit Living
“Let a tacit understanding be all! All mental processes must lead to error.”-Huang Po The easiest thing to overlook is what you always are: aware. Without awareness, you could not do anything. There is a living knowledge that is always within you, always guiding… You can know it in the silence before a decision or […]
Relax… A Story from The Bianchi Cup
“Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.” -Zen Proverb I was at my first Bianchi Cup in 1981. I trashed the first three stages: The Practical, The Barricade, and The Falling Plates. Headed to the final event, The Moving Target, I had kind of given up. […]
When is “it” Right?
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” What a great quote from Pema Chodron. My brother, Dennis, and I enjoyed boxing. He was three years older and quite a bit bigger, so he could whip me pretty easily … in the beginning. I checked out boxing books from […]
The Riddle of Existence
When we’re deludedthere’s a world to escape.When we’re awarethere’s nothing to escape. -Bodhidharma Your mind will not bother you when you stop believing its stories. The mind continuously forms desires from sensory experiences. What if some, or maybe all, desires are detrimental? To want anything to be different is our only problem. Imagine an upcoming unpleasant […]