Shortly before the era of zoom, I attended a meeting with quakers, and after the meeting started, no one said a word for 30 minutes. It was 20 people together in a room not talking. It felt radically spiritually ancient. Unprogrammed quaker meetings are like improvisational theater for mystics, in body and spirit. The mystics… Continue reading Zoom
Month: May 2020
Dog bodhisattvas
I’ve seen them wearing coats, wearing sweaters,riding in bike baskets, and shopping carts. Tied up outside stores, on concrete, waiting for their beloved. Dog bodhisattvas are not bogged down in dogma.They are not downward dogs. Dog bodhisattvas are often harnessed for duty and wearing a badge or service vest, absorbing or deflecting suffering for those… Continue reading Dog bodhisattvas
A book report on zen
I read The Way of Zen. The most fitting book report would be an empty page. That would do it. But, I have to write something, so I’ll clutter it up with my take-away from this classic by Alan Watts. A vintage book from 1957. To talk about zen is like having two people sitting… Continue reading A book report on zen