The other night, I was on the train with Akiko. We may have been on the Yamanote line, coming back from her work. She told me about her day. I listened.
I looked out the window and could see the people standing on the platform waiting for the next train. As the train pulled out, leaving [...]
Everything arrives immediately. But there is no wish or desire to keep anything. The mechanism is broken, and now, arrival and departure are a simultaneous movement.
But to qualify this existence with arrival and departure is not quite right, either. Although one might argue that no time is involved, i.e., “You either arrive or you [...]
There is an incredible and immense beauty to life. From a bird, to a flower, to a rock buried in a stream. In movement, vibrancy, or stillness, all that we need to learn surrounds and penetrates all of us. There is nowhere to go find peace, as freedom and enlightenment are already here. It is [...]
I always encourage others to spend more time outdoors. In our modern world, it is a safe to assume that most human beings spend the majority of their time indoors, or at least, in confined spaces. And while it is not at all necessary to stay outside in order to be in the moment, it [...]