Category Archives: System

  Good morning!   The compassionate rain last night and this morning revived the life of all – we are now surrounded by abundant, refreshed green. Water maintains life forms and air supports life function. Great respiration/respite, mahā assāsa/āśvāsa, is … Continue reading →

    Good morning!   We have a still serene Saturday after sittings, though our summer of 30oC suddenly plummeted into a winter of 3oC. The Buddha at his last said, “All is impermanent, strive without indolence. These are my … Continue reading →

Good morning!   I found the grape trellis framework collapsed due to weathering, with heavy snow on the net and heavy hanging of Topsy Turvy bags.   It is very difficult to build, keep, and rebuild such systemic framework. It requires constant caution, care, cure, and cultivation.   It needs support systems with reinforcers, eliminating the damaging elements of wintry winds and baggy burdens.   The more complex a system it becomes, the more careful caution, care, cure, and cultivation it requires.   Make support systems stronger, and heavy hangings healthier. We need supporting systems, but not baggy burdens.   4/4/13     NG (National Geographic), mime-attachment1

Good morning!   We have a very chilly morning here. In Japan they’re having a big snow storm with frozen, slippery roads.   It is difficult to come out in such conditions, but when we come here and sit, we can settle in one warm world.   Ikko Roshi said, “The collapse of a castle starts with whispering.” It starts with mistrust of oneself and others, miscommunication, and mismanagement.   When the inner or outer force of “divide and rule” comes, a castle collapses easily. So, we must settle together, safe from the chilly, slippery world.   1/15/13