I Have Sinned

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As I reflect on this November/December period of my studies at the New York Zen Center, it has been a deep excavation.  The video blog a tells the tale of learning that the ego is just a gateway to the nutrient dense soil of the soul.  The Buddhist Precepts lay within the many layers of living.  However, as I sit within the energy of … Read More

A Call to Presence

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In this Holy Season May We BE Devoted. BE The World You Dream Of. The Guidance has not faltered. The Flow is distinct and everlasting. BE in The Presence.  Be Who You Are. There is a time for silence and stillness. There is a time to be in the Presence of the Universal Principle of Your Grace. The prayer is always simple.  It is … Read More

How… With All of This Going On?

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We were checking in at our Foundations of Contemplative Care Cohort.  Around the circle, one-by-one each of us puts our feeling words, only two, into the energy of the day. The words were solemn.  I had not, as is my habit, turned on my phone, my source for news and information.  As the check-in continued, it was clearly evident that something had happened in … Read More

And The Elder Said Perhaps

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As I move through my coursework at the New York Zen Center, I would like to share with you some of the insights that are coming forward.  I am learning that so much of what I have received over these last six years are based in a Knowing.  This story is one of these.  When you have requested prayers, good tithings or as we … Read More

Mindful Aloneness

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Guidance There is a place for aloneness. It is not soul bearing. It is soul nourishing. Past the starkness of loneliness lies a place within you that allows wisdom to shine through unimpeded by persons or society, norms or values. If you were living with someone this genuine Genesis becomes diluted or even suppressed and never surfaces. There are seasons when aloneness is fruitful. … Read More

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