Blessings for Being
John O’Donohue, in “To Bless the Space Between Us,” says, A Blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen…When we bless, we are enabled somehow to go beyond our...
View ArticleKoans are Alive
A student asked Zhaozhou, “Does a dog have Buddha nature or not? Zhaozhou answered, “No!” On a regular basis I have people asking me “what is a koan and how do I use it?” That seems to be one of those...
View Article…and he vanished from their sight
Jesus spent the entirety of his ministry being misunderstood. When he asks Peter who he is, for example, Peter gives some tired definition of ‘messiah’ that had been passed down from his father’s...
View ArticleBefore…I Am
This primary intuition of the strangeness of it all, of our single selves as unspeakably fragile and brilliant observers of a grandeur for which we have tried through all our generations to find words,...
View ArticleWho?…You Are the Light of the World
There is a solitary brightness, without fixed shape or form, that is able to listen, is able to understand and is able to teach the Dharma. That solitary brightness, is you.” – Linji You are the...
View ArticleFoxes Have Holes
Someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the human being has nowhere to lay his head. “It is better to have...
View ArticleLove and Justice
“Love is woven tight with Justice. Love is more than tender words, a good feeling, a satisfied mind, thinking that all is good. Love rests in action, what we do, how we witness to the seamlessness of...
View ArticleThe Inn and the Un-Stable
There was no room in the inn… (Luke Chapter 2) Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. -John Lennon, Beautiful Boy Koan: A woman raised a goose in a bottle. When the goose had...
View ArticleChristy Corrales
Born in San Francisco and raised in Sonoma County, Christy works at a small historic concert venue in SF, she also works as an EMT at special events around the North Bay. In her spare time, she enjoys...
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