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The Field Where We Meet
There are words that do not merely speak,
they remember.
“Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” R…
1 year, 2 months ago
No One Dies Alone: A Vigil for Antoine
Part of the volunteer work I do is this: on occasion I am called to sit with souls who are nearing the threshold of this life— those who are dying.
T…
1 year, 2 months ago
When the Heart Outgrows What It Once Held Close.
There is a kind of grief that doesn’t get spoken of much.
It isn’t always the grief that comes with death, though many of us have known that sorrow t…
1 year, 2 months ago
You Cannot Heal by Harming Another Life
Every time you harm another life — any life — you harm yourself tenfold.
I’ve shared this truth before, and it bears repeating.
You cannot escape you…
1 year, 2 months ago
TEA AND ZEN LIBRARY
Dear Friends,
As many of you know, this path of Tea & Zen — and of my life — has been one of long unfolding.
For many years I have shared reflections…
1 year, 2 months ago
Thirty-Nine Years Sober: A River of Grace
It seems such a long-ago time now — June of 1986. Another life, another self, another dream. So much water has passed beneath the bridge. A lifetime …
1 year, 2 months ago
The End of Suffering
May the countless beings of this world and worlds unseen, bathed in the light of infinite love, be swiftly released from all afflictions of body, hea…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Reflection on Rest and Surrender.
There is no shame in laying down the sword.
Not every path is meant to be fought for.
Sometimes the deeper wisdom is to let the stream flow softly ar…
1 year, 3 months ago
MONEY, FEAR, and the COURAGE TO WALK IN TRUTH
I was sitting in the quiet this morning, reflecting on how so many of us—often without even realizing—hand over our integrity, our inner compass, out…
1 year, 3 months ago
In Memory of Bart
A few days ago, I was called to sit with a man named Bart. He was nearing the end of his life. There was nothing for me to do. No task to accomplish.…
1 year, 3 months ago