Who are you ?  I see you standing— Tall as a tree, soft as a pillow, Drawing air, vibrating quietly. So I ask: Who are you? Are you a wall? Are you a tree? Are you a machine? Please, do not answer. Something moves. You speak, and I hear Sounds known yet forgotten— High and […]

Why Zen loves craziness Zen is full of paradoxical, irrational, absurd stories and statements. Koans are perfect examples.  Question from a teacher to a student:       -    A long time ago, a man kept a goose in a bottle and it grew larger and larger until it could not get out of the bottle any […]

MIRANDA: The third Foundation of mindfulness: mindfulness of the mind  The third foundation of mindfulness is mindfulness of mind. Moving from mindfulness of the body and feelings, we now bring awareness to the state or quality of the mind itself. In the second foundation, we become aware of the feeling tone of experience: pleasant, unpleasant, […]