To practice deep listening one must calm and relaxed, unmovable and unshakeable like a Mountain or like the Ocean. Our minds should be like the Sky, untouched by the clouds or storms that may come.

There is no visible sign that points to the shining path, and it is impossible to describe it clearly in any way. Yet its ephemeral presence is always here, camouflaged against our visible reality. It twinkles almost imperceptibly like a spider’s web glistening with the morning dew. Spontaneously it comes into focus for a fraction…

Once upon a time there was a Fisherman. He sailed his fishing boat upon the great oceans wide. He would cast his nets into the waters and reap the possibilities with each particular weave of net he used. Each net was just a filter for life – to sieve something out of the nothing. One…

I had a Grandfather that was very influential to me. He taught me a lot of what I know about gardening. One day I asked him. “How does one get rid of weeds Grandfather?” “I suppose the answer depends on what you call a weed? A weed is a plant that has no use in…