Monument Valley is what most people in the world think when you talk about the desert southwest of the United States. Colored plateaus, tumbleweeds, and endless plains. While the area contains several National and Tribal parks, the vast area allows…
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Monument Valley
Tagged with: American Southwest, Anasazi, Arizona, burial ground, cold weather, desert, hermit, holy spot, journey, Monument Valley, nature, Navajo, reflection, sand, searching, seeker, seeking, solitude, utah, walking meditation
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
Winter into Spring
Spring in the distance- Hot sake against the chill. Kimono open.
Tagged with: Haiku, journey, moving forward, pathways, spring, time, transition, winter
Posted in Poetry
Posted in Poetry
Brother Bear Koan 4
On the path of simplicity, water becomes wine.
Winter Sleep
Winter home sealed Warm underneath root and rock. Porridge steaming hot.
New Year
Today marks the end of the Julian year and the beginning of the next. Celebrations will occur throughout most of the Western world. In some places such as Europe, the New Year has already rolled in. The Eastern Lunar New…
Tagged with: Catholic Church, community, Green Horse, growth, His Holiness, Holy See, journey, Liberation Theology, life, luck, New Year, pathway, Pope, Wood Horse, Year of the Horse
Posted in Informaitional, Musings
Posted in Informaitional, Musings
Be Not
Hidden cloudy sun, Forest trees create shadows. Mochi sweet on tongue.
Rila, Bulgaria
The Rila area of Bulgaria hold numerous areas that hold an appeal to those looking for walking meditation, quiet solitude or a place of hermitage. Rila, thought to be of Thracian origin, means “well-watered mountain” and its connection to the…
Tagged with: Bulgaria, Dzherman River, Eastern Orthodox, hermatige, journey, monestery, mountain, nature, quiet solitude, reflection, Rila, Rila Monastery, Saint Ivan, Saint Ivan of Rila, self, Seven Rila Lakes, silence, St. Ivan, Thracian, walking meditation, water
Posted in Locations
Posted in Locations
Master Raven Koan 2-The Teacher’s Jar
A teacher stood before his students at the end of the year. As class began, the teacher filler a glass jar with large rocks from the ground around him. Before long the jar was filled to the top. The teacher…
Tagged with: glass jar, individual, journey, joy, large things, life, overwhelmed, parable, pathway, pebbles, Priorities and a Jar, rocks, sand, self, small things, stones in your life, story, symbology, teacher, The teacher, time management
Posted in Koans
Posted in Koans