Category: Poems and Such
Exaggeration – Human Fixations
A Plant and a Feather
Morning Tea – Zao Cha
The Source of All
Tsun - The Source of All (3/4 cadence) There is one sourceThe Source of All.In all and per-meating all.At once the par-ent and the child. Subject and Object combined. The Source of All.Tsun speaks to us.And each translatesIn their own tongue. The Source speaks toThe seaside manOf fish and clamsAnd Ocean Shells And Ocean thingsAre… Continue reading The Source of All
An Ode to Freedom
An Ode to Freedom............. Beyond time and space, Deep nature isA formless ocean... Beyond beyond, All things take form,Out of the formless ocean,Our nature is deep nature.Our substance is congealed as from ocean water. We take form,All forms haveA beginningAnd an end. And in that formWe get confused,we start to seeOurselves as,Separate entities. We get… Continue reading An Ode to Freedom
Shunryu Suzuki – A Sketch
Shunryu Suzuki was my only teacher for many years. Living in a small town in southern Saskatchewan in the late 1970's and 1980's, there was only one book store within driving distance where one could find any books on something like Zen Buddhism. Zen Mind, Beginners Mind was essentially my sacred text for many years....… Continue reading Shunryu Suzuki – A Sketch
The end of Chasm Theology
Memory of sitting in the sanctuary doing zazen on a Monday night In my minds eye, seeing Jesus sitting across from me in a pew. Wondering why he wouldn't turn and look at me When the dragons eye felt no such impediment...... Suddenly now it is like clear water........... "If you choose to call him… Continue reading The end of Chasm Theology
Poem – September 13 2018 – An Opening…..
Oh, the crafty intelligent Kung Fu moves of the Ox! Dodging, Distracting, Intellectualizing, Hide and Seek. Then something says: We are all seeing with the eyes of the Ox. We are all hearing with the ears of the Ox. We are all smelling with the nose of the Ox. We are all tasting with… Continue reading Poem – September 13 2018 – An Opening…..
Reality is Dharma 