by Daniel Doen Silberberg | Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized, Zen
“And, again, it has been discovered that all the world is made of the same atoms, that the stars are of the same stuff as ourselves. It then becomes a question of where did our stuff come from. Not just where did life come from, or where did the earth come from, but where did the stuff of life and of the earth come from? It looks as if it was belched from some exploding star, much as some of the stars are exploding now.
So this piece of dirt waits four and one half billion years and evolves and changes, and now a strange creature stands here with instruments and talks to the strange creatures in the audience. What a wonderful world!”
From Zen Teacher Daniel Doen Silberberg to Science and Dharma teacher Richard Feynman – gratitude for your life – deep bows.
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by Daniel Doen Silberberg | Dec 5, 2010 | Uncategorized, Zen
In developing Lost Coin, what I hope we can do is create a culture. I believe this is close to what Shakyamuni Buddha wanted to do in his time. I hope this culture forgoes prejudice and superstition and, instead, relies on what is provable and at the same time is deeply rooted in the humility of what we do not understand.
Toward that end, I believe we can look at science and Zen as two sides of the same Lost Coin. Through science we can see we are connected to everything. A human and a tree share a common ancestor. We have the stuff of stars in our bodies. On the other side, by the experiential and verifiable method of zazen, we see the field of consciousness from which all thoughts and understanding arise. Science shows us the small transient speck we are in the limitlessness of reality. Zen reveals the absolute consciousness teach one of us possesses that encompasses everything.
We can build a culture of intelligence and consciousness that reveals our identity with all things. Both science and Zen embrace the unknown rather than simply “making believe” that we understand what we do not. Reason and “no mind” are two valuable parts of the mind- they are the two hands of knowledge. A culture that embraces them both may finally help put an end to the medieval thinking that still exists and be the start of a wondrous journey into our real potential.
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by Daniel Doen Silberberg | Mar 10, 2009 | Uncategorized, Zen
The Lost Coin Blog is almost 3 months old. So far we have established our goals and identity by posting talks and videos. We’ve noticed a steady increase in traffic, subscriptions, and video views from all over the world. Thank you to all who have taken time to view posts and subscribe to this blog; we appreciate your support.
It is our hope to establish a broader culture. We will be doing more collaborative posts as well as including other aspects of Lost Coin’s shared interests. To that end we will be presenting things of interest from other sources as well as our own members and hope to utilize the Internet to the fullest of its emerging abilities.
We are interested in collaboration, exchange, we invite your input and participation. In essence you might say we are creating a culture, one that is broad, contemporary, and open. We invite all those interested in the development of spirituality, science, art, and business to be part of our emerging culture.
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