Zen and Psychotherapy

Several years ago, I bought a copy of "The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud" (Random House, 1938) in a used book store for $5.95. A...

Lately I've come to deeply appreciate the beauty of people leaving and returning to our practice at the zendo. Sometimes people come and...

Sometimes I feel downtrodden and start to wonder Who do I think I am? I'm no one's savior I'm not a saint I just do what I can f...

The true zen way in Japan is not to tell you shit You find out everything on your own You are not coddled or babied Why are you here? What d...

Sometimes I feel that this is the end Sometimes I feel we won't be meeting here again We will just drift slowly away to some unknown pla...

I will never forget this old man I once met He gave me new life and encouraged me to try for in my head I was not well At twenty-two I alrea...

I had a moment of insight recently while watching CNN. The news, like a river, moves incredibly swiftly. On and on it goes, from one story t...

Flipping randomly through Peter Matthiessen's classic zen journal "Nine-Headed Dragon River," I came upon this passage: "...

"The Bridge" is a recent documentary about people who have committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. The visuals ar...