Being mindful cultivating relationships and joy. I started meditating in my early twenties, to address drugs, anxiety, and depression, I am now in my early seventies and still going, except for several hiatus’s I have been reading, studying, and practicing the Tao, Zen philosophy and of course meditation. Most people seek meditation as a way […]

Nurturing our good seeds As the soil of our planet, our subconscious is full of good and bad seeds that I will call weeds. When we water our seeds, they mature and manifest in our consciousness. Example: 1-By watering good seeds they will grow stronger creating positive thoughts, feelings, and attitudes. The growth of our […]

We are already Enlightened Being Awakened or Enlightened has nothing to do with paradise and being in a constant state of euphoria, bliss with spiritual power. The central teaching of Zen is that we are all intrinsically awake that is, we can experience genuine reality at it is and not as the mind-made fictional one. […]

Making friends with ourselves Cultural brainwashing Making friends with ourselves can be a challenging undertaking because we have been taught very quickly in life that we are lacking on this and that, and we should ain to be the best on whatever. There are things I’ve said to myself that I would never, ever say […]