290. ZEN REMARKS

290. Walking the path but getting nowhere while never standing still. The paradox of the wayless way. 

289. ZEN REMARKS

289. Homo viator: on the road again I travel straight on a narrow mountain road with ninety-nine bends. Finding that this 'Way of the Awakened' is without end, I vow to walk it to the very end. Treading this path I learn that I am a pilgrim and a wanderer like all my ancestors, and have nowhere to lay my head.    

288. ZEN REMARKS

288. Doing zazen we are advised to focus on just this breathing moment. But to focus on this moment we need to be open to the reality that presents itself here and now. What is this reality? Our answer here will depend on whether we view moments as discrete points on an invisible line or as ripples on a living stream of consciousness. 

287. ZEN REMARKS

287. Feeling broken? Helpless? Vulnerable? Stuck? Just sit with the question 'Who is feeling ... broken, helpless, vulnerable, stuck?'
Feeling happy? Energised? Capable? Loving? Just sit with the question 'Who is feeling ... happy, energised, capable, loving?'
Whatever the situation and whatever the conditions, let your True Self come forth.