Lost Coin Zen

This is part 2 of a video continued from this post. Doen Sensei discusses what it means when you commit to your practice and talks about the male & female versions of excelling in your practice. He also talks about access to teachers, and personal interviews with his Fourth Way teacher Mr. Willem Nyland. Also [...]

What do Alice in Wonderland, The Blue Cliff Record, San Francisco, and Kill Bill have in common?  Daniel Doen Silberberg Sensei, who has recently moved to San Francisco and will be holding the SF group’s first meeting next week. On December 16th, Doen Sensei will hold an introductory class for anyone who is interested in [...]

We have learned how to do things by thinking . . . and thinking can be a good tool.  It’s not the whole tool set.  When all you have is a hammer every problem tends to look like a nail.  We think, choose and act–well, sometimes.  A lot of the time we just think and then [...]

The arts can be ways of expressing insights in a direct intuitive way. They can speak to the emotional intelligence as well as conveying understanding and realization. There is a history of this in Zen  and in the Fourth Way. We intend to develop this aspect of practice as part of Lost Coin. As a [...]

Recently I read a book that was a real eye-opener to me.  It was Diamond Heart, Book One by A. H. Almaas.  Many of you will have already read it.  For those who do not know the author and the book, A. H. Almaas is the founder of the Ridhwan school that is dedicated to [...]