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August 2024

August 01, 2024

Calming Your Mind Buddhist-Style

In recent weeks, given the political turmoil in the world, I've heard from a lot of...

January 2017

January 12, 2017

Meditation: Why it Helps, Even Though it’s Not Doing Anything

Those of us who practice meditation sometimes have a hard time explaining the practice to...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

Step One – Commit to Stillness, Don’t React

When we decide to study our life, when we are determined to face the truth...

September 06, 2016

What Zen “Acceptance” and “Non-Attachment” Really Are

The practices of acceptance and non-attachment are critical to Zen and Buddhist practice - but...

September 01, 2016

How to Open Your Eyes but Not Lose Heart

You don't have to be a rocket scientist or a radical thinker to conclude humanity is on...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

Slackin’ Off in the Summertime: Cycles of Spiritual Practice

I've come to trust the cycles of practice. I know that sometimes I'll be on fire...

July 2016

July 01, 2016

10 Ways to Energize Your Meditation

Most forms of meditation, by definition, are pretty boring. If a meditation technique was entertaining...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

From Delusion to Illusion: The Freedom of Disbelief

I used to believe that life was pointless. Sure, there were enjoyable moments in life,...

December 2015

December 18, 2015

I Discover I Can Only Know God with My Heart (Not with My Mind)

I spent last week at an intensive, silent Zen meditation retreat. We meditated for 7...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Dogen and My Journey to Oneness with a Flower

At my Zen center right now we're studying one of the most treasured Zen texts: Zen...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

The Radical Effort of Non-Effort (Meditate Is Not a Verb)

I teach 8-10 new people to "do" Zen meditation every month. At times I feel...

February 2015

February 13, 2015

Back to the Drawing Board with Meditation for the Homeless

I thought it would be a good idea to post an update on my efforts,...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

Our First Meeting – the Ideal Becomes Actual and… Ordinary

Last night was the first meeting of my Zen Center's "Downtown Portland Group." Over the...

November 13, 2014

Hello, My Fear and Ignorance

My Zen meditation group for "the homeless" hasn't even met yet (we meet for the...

November 08, 2014

Timidly Reaching Out to the Homeless

Last week I went downtown, flyers in hand, to get the lay of the land...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Renewal in the Silence of Meditation

Although I'm wrestling with all kinds of questions in this journey of conscience, I am...

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