Monthly Archives: February 2015

Is it the fire or the flame?

Some words are certifiers and we like them. Closed, locked, stable. Life is not certain; infinitely incomprehensible. Frustration is not a state of equilibrium. It is disturbed; chaotic and restless. Is it not better just to feel warm?

The Bodhisattva

An adolescent boy stood before his master and spoke as humbly as he knew. “Master, I’m not even trying to not try. How am I to learn?” he asked frustrated, agitated at the very idea of it all. His master, unmoved, remained seated in concentration. The boy, fuming, stampeded out of the temple. He stomped […]