Wrong Way

To study Buddhism is to study the wrong way.

If you did not know your destination and if you were only told the wrong way to get there, you would eventually give up and find that the starting point is your destination.

This practice is invaluable!

New Year's Preparations

There is a certain kind of amnesia that lulls us into a false sense of security.

Since thought does not have the power to conjure up reality out of "airy nothing," we have difficulty remembering even unpleasant experiences as real-time events that occupied the whole of our consciousness.

We are inclined to forget the lessons of the past. We assume that the future will be pleasant and secure. We rely on hope.

This is not wise.

"Do as a wise man should and prepare for ill and not for good."

Birdland

If you cannot understand the songs of birds you cannot understand Jazz.

A Compelling Case

We are often compelled by our desperation to do that which we would not do.

So Near, Yet So Far

It is a strange truth that God could not be closer to us and we could not be further away.

Shocking

Shock is the result of a statistical anomaly that jolts us awake and reminds us that everything is due to chance.

Child Abuse

The same capitalistic social system that strives to safeguard children from physical harm does not hesitate to poison their minds with an incessant barrage of marketing and advertising.