One Bright Pearl

Things change in the vast emptiness of ever present changiness(Yup, it’s a new word, it represents itself, a complete expression). Anyhow, I will be laying this blog to rest and starting something else that cost’s less money. Think Blogger or Wordpress or something that is free like my spirit.
The good news is that I have [...]

My life is not theoretical. It is real. In this life, at all times, all things are possible. Only I can obstruct myself. I have met many students of Zen over the years, and one thing that seems to be common, is the lack of belief in their own innate wisdom. As if what the [...]

As the Universe continues to manifest itself through my five skandhas, a deep sense of Universal enjoyment rises and subsides, moment by moment. With this deep abiding joy comes acceptance, acceptance to what is right here now. And what is right here now, often looks like, feels like suffering, and it is, but it is [...]

Everywhere I turn, green greets me. Energy trills through my body as the trees, grass, and flowers of late spring stand out in their fullness of life. I am reminded of adventure, the adventure a young boy senses as a new day waits outside the door, during those precious first weeks of summer vacation.  I [...]

What are we doing? Are we waking up, or captivated by our dream? Just what is the dream?
The dream is everything you think. What I am writing right now is nothing but the dream, but as an old teacher once told me, there is a difference between a high order dream and a low order [...]