Tag Archive for: Zen

The “splendid now”

  Hello friends, this 2017 poem celebrates my Zen masters, cats Max and Tony, experts at reminding me to connect with the "splendid now." I call this feline instruction "Zen Lite" in its insistent softness  -- no long meditation, no…

Enlightenment and quieting the “monkey mind”

Wisdom comes from many sources, spirituality can be as enhanced from the words of a poet like Blake as from the teachings of the Buddha.