A teacher stood before his students at the end of the year. As class began, the teacher filler a glass jar with large rocks from the ground around him. Before long the jar was filled to the top. The teacher…
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Master Raven Koan 2-The Teacher’s Jar
Tagged with: glass jar, individual, journey, joy, large things, life, overwhelmed, parable, pathway, pebbles, Priorities and a Jar, rocks, sand, self, small things, stones in your life, story, symbology, teacher, The teacher, time management
Posted in Koans
Posted in Koans
Brother Bear Koan 1
Life flows through everything. Respect this flow, even as it nourishes you.
Harvest Blessings
While it may seem cliché, the next few days are a time to reflect on what blessings we have in our lives. Fall is the time of harvests for many different faiths and philosophies, a time to prepare for winter,…
Tagged with: blessings, Buddha, celebration, community, energy, gift of life, harmony, harvest, holiday, humanity, Kathina, Lammas, life, Mid-Autumn Festival, nature, Niiname-sai, peace, reap and sow, reflection, resolve, sharing, Sukkot, Thanksgiving
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Musings
Posted in Gardening and Nature, Musings
Childhood Memories
Golden coin rises. Visiting the graves long past– Childhood memories.
Tagged with: autumn, autumn mooon, childhood, emotions, full moon, Haiku, life, life path, memories, memory, moon, paths, pilgramige, reflection, self, stages of life
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Honey Promenade
Sunflower on walk. Maple tree veiling kinfolk. Golden rose abed. Sweet nectar dripping, Bees buzzing one sing song voice. Honeysuckle breeze. Distant heat shimmers. Dry winds carry desert sound. Liquid gold dips…
Self-forgiveness
There is, within every religion and philosophy, lessons about forgiveness and harmony. Working in harmony with not only the world around you but also the community as a whole is an important. It is important because without that basic harmony…
Tagged with: behavior, fellowship, foregiveness, harmony, individual, journey, life, moving forward, pathway, peace, perceptions, self, self-forgiveness
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Sunflower Strong
Thunder! Grey skies roll, pouring rain upon the earth. Sunflower endures .
A Perspective of Peace
Much as conflict and war, peace is one of the most debated subjects in the social arena. Ranging from the total cessation of violence or conflict in the Western thought to the balance of harmony and needs of Eastern thought,…
Tagged with: community, diplomacy, Dr. King, ethics, Ghandi, lasting peace, life, Marx, non-conflict, non-violence, pathway, peace, perspective, reflection, self, social reality, symbology, transcendance
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Life’s Journey
There are many paths through the forest and down to the sea. Each one carries a unique individual who sees the world through their own eyes, their own perceptions, and their own heart. These journeys started with one special step,…
Tagged with: Buddha, Great Teacher, growth, individual, Jesus, journey, life, life journey, Mohammad, path, pathway, self, teaching, universal, walking meditaition, web of life
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Nian Xióng Hall 