Coming forward, it occurs to me, resembles the Tibetan word mejo, often translated as going forth, as in coming forth into the homeless life, leaving behind the life of the...
‘I give thanks to Dick Baker [teacher, San Francisco Zen Center] every day for fucking up so incredibly well that it gave me my life back, because I’d given it...
I meditated for 50 years with my eyes shut; now I want to live with eyes wide open…Zazen didn’t satisfy the needs of my human heart: connection, love, acceptance, and...
