Seasons changing, Winter is here. Past is gone, future is not here. Attempting a measure of life’s seasons. Going within and reflecting, As these feelings appear Before me each New Year. What yardstick can measure the depths of being? Deeper than any construct could measure. Winter is here. Can’t change yesterday and tomorrow, who knows! As I am gazing into the […]

Not going, not coming, rooted, deep and still. not reaching out, not reaching in, just resting, at the center. The single jewel, the flawless crystal drop, in the blaze of its brilliance, the way beyond. — Shih Te From the Cold Mountain Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te and Wang Fan-chih, translated by J.P. Seaton. […]

You can not hide from your shadow. It follows you everywhere. You can get out of the shadows, into the bright sunlight, and the shadow is just a shadow. You are who you are and what you are. Yet you’re not who you think you are! What are you hiding from? Light is life. Illuminate your […]