One Bright Pearl

It has been an interesting journey this year. I have separated from my wife, had an emotional/psychological breakdown, lived and practiced at Sanshinji Zen Community, kicked methadone, traveled all over the country, laid off from my job, worked for the Obama Campaign, and lived homeless for the last six months. And despite being homeless, reduced [...]

There are times when I find that I am taken over by what Eckhart Tolle refers to as the ‘Pain Body’. It is during the onset, or attack, of deeply seated emotional pain that I am most vulnerable to slipping into unawareness. These memories, dormant energies trapped beneath my self concious, in the body proper, [...]

After years of practice something finally gave way. A shift occured that seemed impossible before, and in fact, extremely simple. It was as if a switch had been found, and yet had been there all along. Just waiting to be noticed by itself. Thinking dissolves instantly, and just this abides.
In the past couple of months [...]