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Just passing through

by on January 20, 2010 in Zen

We’re all just traveling through this life.  We are all going to die, and our lives pass quickly.  The warrior-traveler is a realist; he doesn’t get lost in the story of his life.  People who don’t realize they’re travelers act as though they will live forever, and this is just unrealistic. Remember, too, that everyone else [...]

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My year of blogging

by on December 16, 2009 in Zen

Today’s post is by Liz McCoy, a Lost Coin student in Salt Lake City. There was a discussion in the Salt Lake City Lost Coin class recently about the Lost Coin Blog. What is a blog?  Why have a blog?  Should we all write for the blog? The discussion left me thinking – 2009 is [...]

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Poem, Almost Saturday

by on September 13, 2009 in Zen

  No poem next week, as we will be at the Wonderland retreat (and there’s still a bit of room—please come if you can!).  The retreat made me think of jukai, and of my Dharma brothers and sisters now and to come; as always, the right poem seemed to appear as soon as I started [...]

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Life – The Movie

by on February 14, 2009 in Zen

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Freedom – Forgetting the Self

by on February 5, 2009 in Zen

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