Sometimes I get tempted to saw forget it and walk away from the whole God thing. When I say “sometimes” I mean: quite often. It’s not the inconsistencies within systematic religion that makes me want to give up, nor is it my opinion of (current) Biblical accuracy. Not even the hypocrisy within the church. Not [...]
“Students! Do not practice buddha-dharma for your own sake. Do not practice buddha-dharma for name and gain. Do not practice buddha-dharma to attain blissful reward. Do not practice buddha-dharma to attain miraculous effects. Practice buddha-dharma solely for the sake of buddha-dharma. This is the way.” -Dogen I often wonder what would Christianity look like if [...]
I’ve always written about that which was currently going on in my life. It’s easy to tap into that source and come up with plenty to talk about, it got me through my first two years of blogging, but now… now I’m stuck. What if what’s going on in my life isn’t something that needs [...]