“Most Self-Help Books”
Most self-help books
are primarily for the help
of the self of the author.
Facets of a Diamond – Blog
“A Healer Attempting to Heal”
There is a purpose other than the usual for living. It is to be healing.
This, to the best of my efforts, is at the core of my endeavors.
I am not an author, only a writer attempting to heal. I am not an artist, only a painter attempting to heal.
“On the Subject of the Spirit World”
On the subject of the Spirit World, he loudly, proudly, proclaims that he is a cynic. This cynic?
“Cynics are only happy in making the world as barren to others as they have made it for themselves.”
— George Meredith, The Egoist
“The Zen of Direct Pointing”
One of the basic tenets of Zen – and every religion, even Zen, has its dogmas – is that of Direct Pointing, without reference to the literature.
And yet so many Zen masters write!
I look at the trees around me. All directly pointing. So Zen.
“These Trees So Alive”
I’m blessed by this house
in so many ways,
but perhaps most of all
by these trees so Alive.
“Very Sure of Her”
To write tuneless
and yet
of your Mother of Love,
you must be
very sure of Her.
“A Chorus of Leaves”
A chorus of leaves
singing as conducted.
“Danced by Shiva”
Trees, too,
are danced
by Shiva.
“Stoically Buddhist”
Trees
are stoically
Buddhist.
“Millions of Leaves”
Millions of leaves
all dancing
to Heaven’s Breath.
