A Question for My Peers…

July 10, 2009 105 comments

This is a question for fellow writers of spiritual matters, but anyone is free to comment below.

I have noticed a trend – and it is nothing earth shattering – in this world of spiritual teaching:

A man or woman may come to a realization, perhaps only a realization on a superficial level, or perhaps something deeper, then…

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Are You Enlightened?

June 29, 2009 23 comments

“I look back to me as a 4 year old on the balcony laying looking into the stars…I feel then what i feel now. I am then who I am now. I would say that the search for enlightenment lies within you, and rather than the silencing of the mind, I’d opt for listening. How do you approach your search? Do you consider yourself ‘enlightened’?”

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Potential Violence

June 19, 2009 5 comments

A message from a friend:

Whats the possibility of you and Akiko moving back to the USA? At least out of the way of North Korea’s ballistic and long range missiles. I fear that Japan will see a lot of violence if the situation keeps escalating.

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To The Student

June 12, 2009 18 comments

Don’t say you are ‘All One.’ That is an incredibly powerful statement. And as we go into this step by step we can see your confusion. So is the fact your confusion, or your idea of being All One? If you are All One, you would have no questions to the contrary. You would not [...]

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Zen and the Cockroach

May 30, 2009 10 comments

Takuin sat in a Zen temple in Kyoto, waiting for a Zen Monk and an interesting conversation. During his wait, he saw a little cockroach making its way across the floor. It was indecisive; move one way, go back, move one way, go back. He sat with this little creature for some time while waiting. [...]

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