At the end of his tragically short life (1850-1904), Lafcadio Hearn, “Japan's Greatest Interpreter,” wrote this in his Reverie.* Especially poignant as he had been separated from his mother since he was two: “It has been
Most self-help books are primarily for the help of the self of the author.
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
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
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
I'm blessed by this house in so many ways, but perhaps most of all by these trees so Alive.
To write tuneless and yet of your Mother of Love, you must be very sure of Her.
A chorus of leaves singing as conducted.
Trees, too, are danced by Shiva.
Trees are stoically Buddhist.
