Six Notebooks

  • Question 2: Exhaling

    Who is striving for what? As Dosho asks in question 2 of Going Through the Mystery’s One hundred Questions. ” So intimate, who is striving for what? This is not a rhetorical question.” I tried to move onto the third question, but I keep coming back here. Perhaps because I know I have not satisfactorily Continue reading

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  • Standing on the Edge

    Yesterday             Yesterday                         Yesterday At work,             Yesterday We had a customer call threatening to end his life (I manage in a major call center). A message came through Teams from a trainer that a new employee had a customer on the phone that was threatening to end his life. We have a procedure Continue reading

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  • Standing on a Corner

    I was uncomfortable and my heart broke at the bus stop last night. Sibley and 4th in downtown Saint Paul, waiting for the bus and everything was everything and I was uncomfortable while my heart broke. So many broken people. So many people with nowhere to go. So many people with nothing left. Nothing to Continue reading

  • Question 2: Who, What, Striving

    Question 2: “So intimate, who is striving for what? This is not a rhetorical question.” Last night with this. Into this morning with this. Using the techniques that Dosho gave me for the Mu Koan, the Heart Sutta, Genjo Koan when I studied with him. Trying to take it out of the mind and into Continue reading

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  • First Question

    “ “Yuantong asked: “Mysterious conduct is like wading through a rugged stream. What place is smooth?” Wansong replied: “East. West. South. North.” What place is smooth?”   At the MOA transit station. Read this again. Read it yesterday. But this is not the type of book one goes through quickly. In fact, I am making Continue reading

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  • Gratitude March 3

    Today I am grateful for people who suggested I stop trying to solve the world and just do the next right thing in my life. To keep it simple. To keep it small. To take it just one day at a time. To take care of my life, not the world. Continue reading

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