Friday Tea-time . . . the zen tea destressing art – “working hard” | A Zen Story [Koan]

Friday tea time again this week, and time to take time out for our de-stressing tea-way ritual. Today I’m continuing the focus on guidance for your contemplation and the zen tea way . . .  I found this short animated zen story on the tale of the eager student and his martial arts Master, aContinue reading “Friday Tea-time . . . the zen tea destressing art – “working hard” | A Zen Story [Koan]”

zen of “If only” . . . you can change more things than you think

‘If only I had more time.’ ‘If only I had more control.’ If only I had more money’. . . If only the phrase ‘if only’ were banned! We might be feeling as if our choices are limited right now in our human destiny: that others control our destiny – and life is seemingly unfair.Continue reading “zen of “If only” . . . you can change more things than you think”

Wednesday Wisdoms | Voice of Men | wisdoms . . . for our growth: Rumi

  Sufi poet Rumi’s love poems: I left the Wednesday slot on the Blog free purposefully, intuitively wanting to know what would “flow in”. Wisdom is what seems to want to flow . . . but maybe not every Wednesday, so maybe there’ll be a blog or post of some kind, and maybe not. AsContinue reading “Wednesday Wisdoms | Voice of Men | wisdoms . . . for our growth: Rumi”

Tuesday Teachings – thrive | Prayer and Praying #1 : The Prayer of Forgiveness

When you think of “Thrive”, think of the seemingly small things that happened as you were birthed into this life: first you had to breathe, then you needed washing and the protection of warmth, then nurturing, fluids and sleep . . . and very, very significantly you needed your parent/s prayer for your survival andContinue reading “Tuesday Teachings – thrive | Prayer and Praying #1 : The Prayer of Forgiveness”

Sunday Spirituality | . . rivers of . . Voice of Suzen zen poetry

~ . . . Cycles of existence, life, flowing through us and our life cycles . . . . . . patterns of consciousness . . . awareness . . . growing and evolving in consciousness. . . . in practice time: watch water flowing with full focused concentration. . . . ask yourself: doesContinue reading “Sunday Spirituality | . . rivers of . . Voice of Suzen zen poetry”