Psychology/Psychotherapy

The Frightening Face of Boredom

February 13, 2022

Our human bodies have been around for about 300,000 years. The majority of this evolution has been outside cities and little cement buildings, in colorful landscapes, fully exposed to elements...

Zen

Already This World Gives You Your Job – Zen Master Seung Sahn

February 6, 2022

Dharma Magic (Greek below) Zen Master Seung Sahn: Compassion mind means only help other people. Not thinking about me – only helping other people. Choice means great vow; great vow...

Mindfulness, Shamanism, Yoga Off the Mat, Zen

Opportunities for a Fascinating Life

February 4, 2022

Being alone, keeping a distance from people, and becoming silent are not only opportunities for someone on a ‘spiritual path’, these are opportunities for any human who wishes to stay...

Mindfulness, Psychology/Psychotherapy

Food is Information. And Poison!

January 30, 2022

We are living in a time of abundance. Here, in the West, of course. We are also really getting to know how tricky abundance is. We have too much of...

Shamanism, Zen

Mysteries with Lips Tightly Shut

January 28, 2022

Standing in a circle of darknessEyes facing the four directionsRelinquishing this body of flesh and boneDon’t you knowLightning strikes gods and demons alikeBreathing in the celestial fragrant air.Bathing in the...

Mindfulness, Yoga Off the Mat, Zen

Profound Subtlety and the End of Time

January 28, 2022

I sit alone at a side-street café. It’s a little cold but I’m in the sun, I can feel my face warming from the touch of the winter rays, while...

Uncategorized

I Follow the Deep Beating of my Heart ..!

January 23, 2022

Kazantzakis (Greek below) You must become the sun to illuminate the extinguished suns of others. There are no ideas, there are only people who carry the ideas, and they take...

Psychology/Psychotherapy

Your Gold Under the Clay

January 16, 2022

One of the most beautiful expressions I have heard on the intention of a therapist is from Dr. Alberto Villoldo: “When my clients walk into my office, I see them...

Mindfulness, Zen

You Don’t Grab Hold of the Water

January 14, 2022

Faith and trust. Wow, am I working on this… daily. Faith that I’m being carried, that I don’t have to try so hard, that it is already happening. Trust the...

Mindfulness, Yoga Off the Mat, Zen

The Entire Cosmos in You

January 11, 2022

Ok, now read that again. Pause for a moment, and really let that sink it. You are the entire ocean. In your cells, in your consciousness, you have all the...