by admin | May 26, 2010 | Uncategorized, Zen

photo credit: tanakawho
Recently there has been a renewed interest in previous posts related to Zen & art. Here is a round-up of past art related posts from the Lost Coin Zen blog.
Wayfarer – Music composed by Daniel Doen Silberberg: Wayfarer
The Lore Of The Dragon – Poem & calligraphy by Daido Roshi
A Box And Its Lid – Photography by Caryn Silberberg
A Box And Its Lid – Part 2 – Photography by Caryn Silberberg
The Great Way – Poem by Daniel Doen Silberberg
by Daniel Doen Silberberg | May 22, 2010 | Uncategorized, Zen

photo credit: h.koppdelaney
I was reading Tim Ferriss’ blog yesterday. I always enjoy it. It is often about Tim and all of us doing what we want. The blog entry brought back a memory. I was in my twenties and a student in a Gurdjieff group. I had been given an exercise and asked to do it daily. It was a kind of meditation and required about twenty minutes. That summer I was traveling across country with friends and had to find a way to do it. Part of the excerise was an agreement to make it completely private, that is not to reveal the activity to anyone. Another aspect of it was the discipline of doing it at the same time every day.
We were driving past the small town of Mule Creek Junction, Wyoming. When we passed a small wooden outhouse, I asked to stop there saying I needed to use the bathroom in order to privately do my excercise.
The smell wasn’t inspiring but the view and my sense of resolve was.
I hear people say they sometimes have trouble sitting everyday. I think that is a step toward, a way of saying, that we can’t do what we wish with our lives. But we can. It is our life and barring major disasters we can do what we want. Even during disasters we have choice.
Let’s not give our lives over to a feeling of powerlessness. I think we can do what we want. It may take some effort, but that’s the price. As our esteemed president said “Yes we can.” And he did. I vaguely remember a line from a Staple Singer’s song that went “You know you can can”
Dogen Zenji referred to sitting as the “backward step”. Let’s take the backward step and the forward one as well. The forward step is claiming the freedom to do what we want with our lives. These two steps could be a great new dance. We can call it “The Freedom Boogie.”
by Daniel Doen Silberberg | May 19, 2010 | Uncategorized, Zen

photo credit: Hamed Saber
It seems the whole of wonderland is in constant bloom
It blooms rain, wind, flowers, children
Blooms thoughts, breath, fear, fire
The absent painter
brushless
Paints wildflowers of death and life
by Daniel Doen Silberberg | May 18, 2010 | Uncategorized, Zen

photo credit: simonsun08
California
Poppy
Late for something?
by Daniel Doen Silberberg | May 15, 2010 | Uncategorized, Zen

Master Joshu said the Great Way was the road to the capital
Alan Watts said the Way that can be “Wayed” is not the Way
Lao Tzu said the Great Way could not be named
What wonderful teaching we have received
What wonderful teaching we receive this very moment
Still we struggle to travel the way
We struggle with work, relationships, fear, sadness, death,
Sarah Palin, The Dallas Cowboys, taxes
Don’t worry
The Great Way doesn’t go anywhere
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