Essence of Thriving : Simplicity

“One of the most important virtues we need to live consciously, practising and living with zen in our lives—to live well and thrive—is simplicity. Being able to live simply may be what we need as the grounding anchor in going through the changes we face during the next few years.”—suZen   All we are onContinue reading “Essence of Thriving : Simplicity”

zen of tomorrow . . . the culture or “the Way”, our path

If the Global Consciousness is going to make a leap shortly, as we’re expecting, we as teachers are here to say you will be making quantum leaps forward in your own consciousness—and we are also here to say: “ . . . cope with it by doing this and this and this . . .Continue reading “zen of tomorrow . . . the culture or “the Way”, our path”

The Matrix . . . we need a new womb before we get to rebirth

  Western Civilisation is at the end of its life-cycle . . . even though our enlightened leaders—whether spiritual or political—are advocating “progress” as the way forward out of the mess we’ve landed ourselves in: we could call it “The Matrix”?   But, progress only means a “better” version of the reality we’ve got atContinue reading “The Matrix . . . we need a new womb before we get to rebirth”

Compassion . . . our first step to thriving

One of the most important virtues we need to live consciously, practising and living with zen in our lives, and with a lifestyle as vegetarians or vegans, is compassion. We may need it by the bucketload in going through the changes we face during the next few years: without compassion how can we possibly thrive?Continue reading “Compassion . . . our first step to thriving”

Breath and Breathing . . . simply breathe and thrive with beginner’s mind

After a month long period of working on creating a new spiritual zen and yoga program, focusing on teaching gentle breath awareness has been wonderful . . . and mainly because awe and wonder come as always in remembering and entering into the beginner’s mind, as we are continually supposed to as zen teachers. Personally,Continue reading “Breath and Breathing . . . simply breathe and thrive with beginner’s mind”