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Today’s Hike: 7-18-2009

July 18, 2009

Thank you, Scott, for lending me The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman.  I can’t say that it’s life-changing just yet, but I’m only halfway through.  Perhaps I’ve read too many books about zen at this point to be particularly disturbed by his implications thusfar.  We’ll see – I still have the other [...]

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Outwitting My Brain

June 16, 2009

So that busy patch at work is pretty much over, for the moment.  It looks like I’ll have a few days of breathing space before I have to start busting my ass on another needs-to-get-done-in-a-month project.  Yay.  Definitely no more 12-16 hour days for this weary blogger.  I left work at like 6 today, and [...]

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Readings From the Books of Ted

April 22, 2009

Every morning, I read from two different sets of meditations.  This is the third year in a row that I’ve been reading from the Page-a-Day Zen calendar (“zen-a-day” in my head) – each year, the readings are different.  The other slot is a rotating one.  This year, “God Calling” by A. J. Russell fills that [...]

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More on Meditation

January 21, 2009

Of the things that interested me about the study and practice of Zen were statements like “chop wood, fetch water, seek enlightenment”.  Statements that Zen is intensely practical piqued my interest.  I’ve stated before that I’m a Pragmatist (“do what works”).  I came to this conclusion on my own, through experience and study – but [...]

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Sitting Zazen

January 20, 2009

I’ve read about many different forms of meditation: moon-walking, sun-walking, yoga, wall staring, zazen, etc. The books relating to Zen Buddhism I’ve read that have been written by westerners stress zazen as the sine qua non of Zen practice.  Zazen itself takes many forms (koan meditation, etc.), but the central idea is sitting still – which [...]

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