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I have tried my best to write this week and I have nothing but a bunch of words to show for my effort. My writing has been vague, meandering, circuitous, and virtually painful to read and attempt to edit. Sometimes my writing is like that. Rather than force something on-to the page, which does not… Continue reading Writing and Naming
Yesterday we examined the first two stanzas of the Hsin Hsin Ming — Verses on the Faith Mind by Chien-chih Seng-ts’an, the Third Zen Patriarch. Today we will continue this exploration. Let’s look at the next two verses of this piece: The Way is perfect like vast space where nothing is lacking and nothing in… Continue reading Examination of The Hsin Hsin Ming — Day Two
This morning I spent some time trying to find the root cause of Friday the 13th as being an unlucky day. While there are numerous possible causes for this superstition, there is no concrete evidence as to the belief’s origin. It is not important how or why this day became notorious and synonymous with bad… Continue reading Happy Friday the 13th