This is my special place for exploring the sacred in all of life, finding answers to questions about the mysteries of life and death, and their meaning
I've found some wonderful teachers, in person, in books and on the web. I'll share some below. If you know of a place I don't have listed, please feel free to suggest. I welcome all input.
The path to wisdom is painful. There are so many lessons to be learned. But it's not just arriving that's important. The process itself is a valuable and wonderous thing.
Favorite Quotes
From a bud, only a promise.
Then a gentle opening:
Rich blooming, bursting fragrance,
The fulfillment of the center.
Deng Ming-Dao
Today is fair. Tomorrow it may be overcast with
clouds. My words are like the stars that never change.
SEATTLE
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn't coulded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.
Wu-Men
You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest,
and I smile, and am silent, and even my soul remains quiet:
it lives in the other world
which no one owns.
The peach trees blossom.
The water flows.
Li Po (701-762)
Good Reading
A Path With Heart...Jack Kornfield
Companions of the Heart...Alan Cohen
Forgiveness...Dr. Sidney B Simon & Suzanne Simon
Windhorse Woman...Lynn V. Andrews
Teachings Around the Sacred Wheel...Lynn V. Andrews
Food For Solitude...Francine Schiff
Trees For Healing...Pamela L. Shase & Jonathan Pawlik
Zen to Go...Jon Winokur
As a Woman Thinketh... J. Hulst
As a Man Thinketh... James Allen
The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment... Thaddeus Golas
The Gospel According to Zen...ed Robert Sohl & Audrey Carr
Does Death Really Exist?... Swami Muktananda
The Prophet... Kahlil Gibran
Mirrors of the Soul... Kahlil Gibran
Heaven on Earth... Brother Ramon
The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian... Joseph Epes Brown
Women and Spirituality... Carol Ochs
Some related places:
Zen Journal a really neat site with a daily zen journal, zen quotes, a store, a meditation page with a gong where you can meditate with others all over the world, and much more
Gaia Mind join the collective meditation for planetary transformation
Higher Awareness a site for self improvement. You can sign up for daily inspirations to be emailed to you.
Spiritual Journal If you want help on how to develop a spiritual journal, this is a good place. Lots of good advice, and the sharing of a personal journal, though the last entry is in 1998.
