Crestone Cairn

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The Present Moment

Do not dwell in the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha

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For Rachael:

A pilgrim was walking along a road, when one day, he passed what appeared to be a monk sitting in a field.  Nearby men were working on a stone building. “You look like a monk,” the pilgrim said. “I am that,” said the monk. “Who is that working on the abbey?” “My monks,” said the

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Zen and Perception

Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.  There is in the living act of perception always something that glimmers and twinkles and will not be caught, and for which reflection comes too late. William James

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On Unity

Most of us have lost that sense of unity of biosphere and humanity which would bind and reassure us all with an affirmation of beauty.  Most of us do not today believe that whatever the ups and downs of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful. Gregory Bateson

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Zen To Go

“Nobody today is normal, everybody is a little bit crazy or unbalanced, people’s minds are running all the time.  Their perceptions of the world are partial, incomplete.  They are eaten alive by their egos.  They think they see, but they are mistaken; all they do is project their madness, their world, upon the world.  There

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Open Your Eyes

“The great teachings unanimously emphasize that all the peace, wisdom, and joy in the universe are already within us; we don’t have to gain, develop, or attain them. We’re like a child standing in a beautiful park with his eyes shut tight. We don’t need to imagine trees, flowers, deer, birds, and sky; we merely

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