Simple Mind Zen

"An appropriate and compassionate response does not come from the fight for justice..."  --Charlotte Joko Beck Joko Beck in her...

"He who does not expect, has all things" Charlotte Joko Beck writes, "Our human trouble arises from desire. Not all desire...

"We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord." If you read these posts, and think perhaps, that the blog is misnamed, thi...

  "Joy is prayer--joy is strength--joy is love." --Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Bliss of Identity All nature is taught...

"I was not happy. I hated what I was doing." Being Zen by Ezra Bayada Many times, many of us engage ourselves and our time in o...

"Sometimes we are startled. Where did that come from? I didn't know I felt so strongly." -- Robert Johnson, writer, Jungian ps...

  " Unchained from Judaism, the parent of Christianity, one easily comes to the idea that God doesn't care what you do, or what you...

"There is no peace without justice" --Pope John Paul II Joko Beck in her book, Nothing Special, Living Zen, observes "W...

"Religious practice is about atonement." -- Nothing Special by Charlotte Joko Beck Charlotte Joko Beck writes in her book,...

"All the world's religious traditions have potential to help us become better human beings." -- The 14th Dalai Lama, writing a...

This article appeared here previously on July 2, 2009 "Innocence is a mystery greater than evil." James Hillman Innocence i...

The Simple Mind is away from the computer. This article ran here previously on March 26, 2009. "Religious practice is about atonement....

Simple Mind is away from the computer. The following appeared here earlier this year, January 2, 2009. Assumptions--are just that, assumptio...

Simple Mind is away from the computer. The following is a favorite which appeared here last year, December 31, 2008.--SimplemindZen Taking u...

"Religious practice is about atonement." --C. Joko Beck, Nothing Special Charlotte Joko Beck writes in her book, Nothing Special, ...

Sufism, as a practice, emphasizes certain unique rituals for guiding spiritual seekers into a direct encounter with God. It comes from the I...

The terms Dharma, Tao and the Way are familiar spiritual descriptions, often tossed around which come from several spiritual traditions, ...

Love comes often as a surprise, an accident, a gift. It comes not as we choose, but as we, the chosen one. Always love is a gift shared bet...

The Ideal of Forgiveness, a tale from India. Gopal's Eternal Brother Once there was a great king named Vishwamitra. One day he learned t...

The Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote ...'that with such passionate clearness a man sees and knows over what he is in despair, but ...