Returned from travels to Portugal, and find myself here at my desk again, letting words emerge. The experience over three days of sitting all together was like this cool, windy afternoon today, sun and shadow dancing with the bobbing leaves. We danced like that in our hearts, called to (re)invent our relationship to ourselves, to … Continue a ler In Portugal: A dance of the heart

The Japanese word jukai contains the character "ju," which means "receiving," and the character "kai," which means "to awaken." So "jukai" literally means "to receive awakening." What that means concretely, practically, is simply that we acknowledge our true nature, we acknowledge that our life itself is the way of "awakening," that the perfect life is … Continue a ler Jukai

Há séculos e séculos atrás, Bodhidharma, o fundador do que hoje é conhecido como o Zen, proclamou, com notoriedade, que trazia da Índia para a China ensinamentos transmitidos à margem dos textos e rituais especiais, ensinamentos esses que apontavam directamente para o coração humano. Quando foi questionado pelo imperador da China sobre a essência do … Continue a ler Pontas dos dedos tocando ligeiramente a terra

Voiceover Unseen across gardens of indeterminate breath a Dona lilts her soaring wander of demise. She furrows a night valley of love lost in the singed foothills of afternoon. Heat and an array of possible attempts to give us voice prevail. She airs her Don, jambs unscrewed. She divas him, undivided behind narratives without accompaniment … Continue a ler Poesia de Amy Hollowell Sensei

Tonight, I'm ready to shut it all down and go to bed. The day was busy with the rigors of parenting, the grind of household duties. No time for "I"! So after the last dishes are finally done, the night is quiet, I sit down, put the words here. Whatever words come. I know they … Continue a ler Fingertips lightly touching the ground