by Samyo | Dec 14, 2012 | Foundations
From my original About page … About who? This is always the existential question … “About What” is easy to answer … The “What” is quantifiable whereas the “Who” is never so … The “Who” is moment to moment … so unless you are ready to open the door to the...
by Samyo | Nov 20, 2012 | Foundations
Today Israel and Palestine are bombing the hell out of each other. Missiles rain down across borders like children throwing stones across a fence … only the stones are high explosives that are designed to kill as many as possible… though the behavior is...
by Samyo | Jun 5, 2012 | Foundations
There was a time not so long ago when we came in voices of one’s and two’s. We came to remind the world of who we are, of the great potential of humanity. Now many have come, different lands, different times. Jesus the Nazarene, Siddartha Guatama the Buddha, Muhammad,...
by Samyo | Jan 23, 2011 | Foundations
AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS by Portia Nelson Chapter I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost … I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. Chapter II I walk down the same...
by Samyo | Jan 23, 2011 | Foundations
Once a division of the Japanese army was engaged in a sham battle, and some of the officers found it necessary to make their headquarters in Gasan’s temple. Gasan told his cook: “Let the officers have only the same simple fare we eat.” This made the...
by Samyo | Jan 23, 2011 | Foundations
A university professor went to visit a famous Zen master. While the master quietly served tea, the professor talked about Zen. The master poured the visitor’s cup to the brim, and then kept pouring. The professor watched the overflowing cup until he could no...
