Red Cedar
More apocalypse, less angst
Category: Zen and meditation
Post #3085: Now, with bowing
I’ve returned to the meditation bench since the new year. Not that I wasn’t sitting before, but for the last three months or so – it’s been erratic. This timed with the fact that I spent November and December in and out of a… Continue Reading “Post #3085: Now, with bowing”
Post #3065: A weekend of practice
Let me start off by telling you that things last week were a bit crappy. I have a lot of work stress right now and that was compounded by 3 days of union-related meetings which made me feel frantic and behind at every step.… Continue Reading “Post #3065: A weekend of practice”
Post # 3064: Continuity
A few months ago, a struggling friend asked his facebook contacts for general advice on how to get through a difficult time. One of my friends responded to him thusly: Build another thing. Think about who will use it when you are gone. This line has… Continue Reading “Post # 3064: Continuity”
Post #3060: Every day sitting
Brian cleaned up the shrubs in front of the zendo yesterday and now I have to decide what to plant – I had been thinking of a Katsura tree, but a friend online told me that they aren’t drought tolerant and now I have… Continue Reading “Post #3060: Every day sitting”
Post #3054: Life at low tide
I was a having a perfect little romantic walk along the beach at low tide yesterday afternoon, when we passed a neighbour with her reactive dog barely under control. Not a minute later, and that dog shot up the beach and jumped on our… Continue Reading “Post #3054: Life at low tide”
