Do Not Seek, Simply Look
The dewy morning, the rainbow, mountains, orchards in blossom, stars, moonlight, shadows in still water and the like, if too eagerly hunted, become merely shows and mock us with their …
Listening Attentively
What is any man’s discourse to me, if I am not sensible of something in it as steady and cheery as the creak of crickets? Henry David Thoreau.
Find Balance In Your Life
Length and shortness create each other, from each other. The ideas of height and lowness arise from a contrast between the two. The musical notes of the scale become harmonious …
Unusual Way of Spiritual Practice
There is a characteristic of Zen which cannot be found in any other practice or in any religion. That is to say, its peculiar mode of expressing profound religious insight …
Pure Experience
Whoso is content with pure experience and acts upon it, has enough of truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Music to Elevate
Music lulls the disordered thoughts, and elevates the dejected spirits. Cervantes.
A Cup of Tea – by The Book
Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel in the warm stream of sympathy that flows from her altar? In the liquid amber within the ivory …
What is Complaining?
Constant complaining is a way to avoid having regret. Montaigne.