One Bright Pearl

what can I say
struggling like this
it is only
hanging from a tree
grasping at nothing
choking on bark
revealed!

I am finding my way in this style of practice. In chapter 3-3 of the Shobogenzo-zuimonki Eihei Dogen Zenji instructs his monks on the conduct of gainingless-ness mind. This has swiftly become the singular issue for me.
For now I feel that the only authentic practice is to follow the way of ancient sages, to either [...]

After rising and rolling up my bedroll, I wandered up to Cuernavaca Park to sit zazen. Finding a spot with a little shade I faced east into the sun. Setting my timer for fifty minutes, I found my seat facing Buddha. Thoughts came and went, drowsiness entered then departed, dewdrops sparkled like diamonds upon the [...]

Startled, I rose suddenly to the cacophony of explosions, the flash was blinding yet beautiful. Directly across the South Platte river, rising in streaming trails of calico, to a point almost directly above, was the beginning of an impressive fireworks display. The kaleidoscope of colors cascaded endlessly above, raining down trailers of smoke and [...]