Working with Koans: Life Meets Life

The further we move into life and the more  we trust the life before us, our hearts open and soften into connection, into deep comm-unity.  Here we find a unity and integrity in things, an interpenetration of being where boundaries shift and the seamlessness of life/things/the world and universe becomes apparent.  Life becomes one.
When Zhaozhou spoke of this he said simply, “It’s alive!  It’s alive!”
Koans in this deepest sense are alive.

Blog

David’s Blog is here. On his blog you will find commentary on koans, both from […]

It’s Dark

Not knowing means that my mind is open and I am curious about what comes next. Not knowing feels the vibrancy of life, is responsive to the energy of what is here.

Practice

Meditation Meditation is simply the practice of paying attention. You will pay attention the way you […]