Hope is a Rope

I have never been in good standing with hope. I could never articulate why.

A life of 30 Blows

In Zen we have a koan — an enigma wrapped in a riddle*

Answer yes, 30 blows; Answer no…

The Zen of Leaving Facebook

Current events have made us all think about our relationship to social media and Facebook in particular. As…

Spiritual: When Words Go Bad

The word spiritual gets tossed around willy-nilly these days. Worse there is an endless supply of people…

Government, Spring Break and Karma: It’s a Bitch

The Roots of Stress

Stress manifests from one source and that is the maintenance of your story(s).

We each have a…

Compassion: What the heck is it?

In my circles compassion is defined as your ability to be in the presence of the suffering of others…

Digging into Conscious Capitalism

Recently I had the opportunity to facilitate a group interested in Conscious Capitalism. I am not…

Are you a Seeker?

They call me ‘The Seeker’
 I’ve been searching low and high
 I won’t get to get what I’m after
 Till the day I die

What is a Zentrarian?

For contrast, a contrarian holds a view opposing a belief or opinion commonly held in a given population or culture. A contrarian’s actions will be in response to the position of the other. Therefore, a contrarian is bound to its opposite.