Tag Archives: time

More Pretend

Posted on July 29, 2024 by JRL

You choose a place and time to take a stand, although you realize, to some degreethat at the moment you first make said plan,it’s already missed opportunity. You take a breath and calculate the costwith all the tools at hand, … Continue reading →

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Be Here Now, Or Don’t Be

Posted on July 25, 2024 by JRL

Think about this, now:being here right here, there is nobeing somewhere else.What you “want” doesn’t matter; wish in one hand, as they say. If you choose elsewhereas the place where you must be,you’re not here at all.And where does that … Continue reading →

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Salt Dolls and Other Temporal Measures

Posted on July 18, 2024 by JRL

In a dharma talk given July 15th for the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (as part of their Summer 2024 Commit to Sit program), Zen teacher Norman Fischer said something quite interesting and profound. He was discussing the … Continue reading →

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Well then there now…

Posted on July 11, 2024 by JRL

What’s happening now is all there is of what’s left in your warranty. If this was your life’s last act, how would you be remembered? Don’t put anything off; put all of your energy into everything. You only have this … Continue reading →

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Seasoning

Posted on June 13, 2024 by JRL

Time knows no season; Spring doesn’t turn to Summer in just one moment. The now is all that exists. You cannot measure its span. Life did not begin; it is always here and now. It is infinite. Before you take … Continue reading →

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The Presence of Today

Posted on July 24, 2017 by John

We either seek to view the world today through some past generation’s worn and tired lens, or try to filter what is past and gone with some new, modern sensibility. In either case, the picture loses sense; we only see … Continue reading →

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A Single Blink: triolet

Posted on June 7, 2017 by John

A moment’s span is very little time; a single blink and half of it is gone. Not long enough to make ambition’s climb, a moment’s span is very little time, which makes its wasting quite a solemn crime. On such … Continue reading →

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