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Transforming our culture Nothing is ever lost. Instead, all matter transforms in the readiness of time. This is true for everything, an...

From time to time, I’ve written about the related matters of dogma, close-mindedness, delusion, and bias. My observations ordinarily st...

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” Not many books on Zen have achieved the notoriety...

Rearranging priorities. It’s time to add a new word to our contemporary vernacular. The addition is a simple adjustment to the word “id...

Ignorance based fear. A while ago I came across a greeting card, intended as encouragement, that said, “Don’t let reality get in the...

Some say we come into this world as a blank slate, upon which is A high cost to pay.  written the moment-by-moment experiences of mortal lif...

Flattening the curve. A dear friend, from my time as a Mad Man on Madison Avenue , sent me the image to the right. I responded by saying, “T...

If it isn’t patently clear by now, “my way” is the highway to somebody else, who considers “our way” the flip side of “their way.” Wouldn’...

Many years ago, my teacher said that the process of awakening was like a hand that begins with a fist of fear and over time, through persi...

The best and worst of times. If a person is born into bondage and is never exposed to anything other than bondage, they won’t know they ...

Who ’s that in there? I began posting to Dharma Space 10+ years ago, recognizing the task before me was an impossible one: Trying to con...

Seeing through the fog of delusion. “Look straight ahead. What’s there? If you see it as it is, you will never err.” These were the wor...

According to Wikipedia,  The Little Red Hen is an old folk tale, most likely of Russian origin, that was used during the 1880s as a story...