“You may want Zen practice to make you calmer, more relaxed, and more peaceful. But though these things may occur, they are not what practice...
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“To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing...

It’s all for nothing in the end but I say an unconditional Yes! to it all anyway.
“There is no help in changing your environment. Whether at home or in the forest. If you can do it in the forest, Why not...

“It feels somehow safer to keep pretending to be someone small instead of being no one and everything. Joan Tollifson”

Meditation is all well and good but sometimes you just can’t beat a good nap.
“How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense. Franz Kafka”
“I don’t think in terms of having experiences anymore. Things just happen. Rain is dripping softly. The heart is beating. There is breathing, in-out-in-out-in-out. There...
“Of all the pitfalls in our paths and the tremendous delays and wanderings off the track I want to say that they are not what...
When I was a kid I saved myself When I grew up I solved myself Now I’m older and wiser I know I did neither.
There’s what you should do, what you shouldn’t do and what you’re going to do anyway.

“In my estimation, the wisest among us are those who live without answers to ultimate questions, understanding that each moment is sufficient unto itself. Robert...

“This is death’s life, not your life’s death. Benjamin Smythe”

As if we have a choice.