I want to tell you today in my Virgo New Moon blog about the influence of the Tao on Zen . . . and how “The Regarder of the Cries of the World” became a Goddess: so, as I say it “Goddess came calling on Zen”. This is part of my continual teaching on theContinue reading “How Goddess Came Calling on Zen . . . or, the zen of tomorrow”
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. . . the buddha is not a person . . . this is not a blog
For my Full Moon blog, this Capricorn full moon of ’23 which is aspecting our power of discernment, I’m expressing with poetry the culmination of what buddha mind is for us: realisation of quality of mind. So, “the buddha is not a person . . . and this is not a blog . . .Continue reading “. . . the buddha is not a person . . . this is not a blog”
Some of our Buddhas are a bit Bonkers . . . in a good way
Everyone should be their own guru as far as I’m concerned—so I’m not a great fan of gurus—but there is definitely a guru mentality, and they often draw heavily on certain archetypes to get reactions and give us zen thwacks upside our heads. I mean of course, for example, the typical guru trickster antics designedContinue reading “Some of our Buddhas are a bit Bonkers . . . in a good way”
3 simple and [almost . . .] effortless ways to grow spiritually every day for budding buddhas
We’ve just had the Pisces New Moon this morning, and it’s the real start to the year for me as Sun sign Pisces, here in the Western world. For the world, this has meant the very end of the Age of Pisces, the end of the era of dominant religions, Patriarchy and Saviour/MessiahsContinue reading “3 simple and [almost . . .] effortless ways to grow spiritually every day for budding buddhas”
When Being Yourself Means Needing to Move
There are intense developments and changes happening all around us in the world, and in our own hearts and in our own minds at the moment. This is a far from easy time. But in many ways it also needs to be seen as an intensely productive time for many of us, especially those ofContinue reading “When Being Yourself Means Needing to Move”
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