Winter solstice this year saw the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter. This close alignment had not occurred since 1623 and with the close proximity of Christmas, it was named by many as the Christmas Star, similar to the one which many believe guided the three wise men to the baby Jesus, two thousand and … Continue reading Significant insignificance
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Atman
In Zen there is no self. When we sit, we are concentrating on the self that doesn't exist, devoting ourselves instead to the everything. We all exist as part of the whole, as part of the oneness, and in sitting we are letting go of our ego, of our self and realising our part in … Continue reading Atman
Sea of Consciousness
The mind is like the sea. Sometimes it is still and serene, at other times turbulent, troubled. It's depths are unfathomable and we do not know all that lurks there. It is made up of millions of tiny droplets, just like our minds have countless thoughts and processes, yet it is all connected together, the … Continue reading Sea of Consciousness
Illumination
Imagine being a in pitch black room, of which you have no comprehension of its size or contents, or even if there are other people present. Then imagine you have a candle, and with this small light you are able to see pockets of what the room contains. As you move around, you light up … Continue reading Illumination
Labels
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." * Names help us to make sense of the world. Humankind has bestowed names for things as far back as history tracks and for the majority, this desire to label things, to give a unique identity, to categorize and organise, has offered some way of … Continue reading Labels
Echo
Lewis Carroll made a valid point through Alice, when she said; "It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." There is the old story of the great war ship, which saw countless battles and rode many seas. Through-out its life it was repaired, when its deck was splintered by … Continue reading Echo
Ego
How many times during the day do we utter the words “I” or “me”. We are encased in the bubble of ego, of self-identity, of separation from all else. Our problems and personal issues are all encompassing, all important to us and they can rule our lives when we look no further than our bubble. … Continue reading Ego
Compassion
When we live by compassion, nothing can harm us. When compassion pervades our being, there can be no right or wrong done to us, those concepts are meaningless, because everything is as it should be. Have you ever met someone who, when they walked into the room, they brought the sun with them, and because … Continue reading Compassion
Laws of Physics
What do we know about the laws of physics? Gravity, time, space, atoms, molecules, particles, pressure, waves, energy...all this is relative. There are enough anomalies if we want to see them, to realise that we don't know, but generally we don't even know that we don't know, so we think we know. How can we … Continue reading Laws of Physics
Follow your heart.
Whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter. This life, this moment, now, is all that matters. Where you are going, where you have been, what you have learnt, what you have yet to learn, none of this matters. When you listen to your heart, that pure inner voice, intuition - that is … Continue reading Follow your heart.
Zen musings 