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Brother Bear Koan 2
Tagged with: bend like a reed, Brother Bear, confidence, harmony, Koan, self, strength
Posted in Koans
Posted in Koans
Master Raven Koan 2-The Teacher’s Jar
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…
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
Metier
Glowing moon on high- Wisps of light dance merrily. Morning journey start.
Religious Voice
Even with the separation of church and state in the United States, it is frequently difficult to separate religiously driven values from public policy. Ethical frameworks are built for a large cross-section of society, at least in part, from some…
Tagged with: clergy, dogma, Ethical frameworks, ethics, Ghandi, journey, Martin Luther King Jr., meditaition, moral compass, Mother Theresa, path, politics, predominant religion, public plicy, public policy, reflection, religion, religious voice, secularism, self, seperaition of church and state., social policy.
Posted in Soical Policy
Posted in Soical Policy
Indulgence
Overfull bellies- Heavy eyes drifting in sleep. One more piece of pie.
Tagged with: autumn, emotions, Haiku, individual, indulgence, joy, meal, Overindulgence, pie, self, simplicity, sleep, symbology, Thanksgiving
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Winter Depression
Winter brings with it cold weather, holiday seasons, and visits from friends and family. It also brings with it doldrums and depression. Called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) by clinicians and Winter Depression by the lay community, SAD remains a mystery…
Tagged with: cold weather, depression, emotions, friends and family, harmony, holidays, SAD, sadness, Seasonal Affective Disorder, self, time change, winter, Winter Depression
Posted in Musings
Posted in 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
Warm Rice, Cold Morning
Morning chill. Crisp Air. Standing on the steps of dawn, First rice upon table.
Nian Xióng Hall 