Reflections on Dogen's steelyard
I came across a striking analogy by the great Zen master Dogen, speaking of balance and equilibrium, and the importance of difference,...
Soul, Psyche and Symbol--a Dialogue
Q Here summer is coming and the beach is getting crowded at weekends. Humming birds are humming, and the gardens are exploding with...
The Heron and the Pond
A good Koan, as in the collection of gnomic phrases popularized by Zen, is an inexhaustible fountain of symbolic resonances. The mind...
Meeting with the Sentinel
Metaphorical and sacred symbolism is only of use if it can be related to direct experience. When I finished writing Time and the Sentinel...
Locating Experience
Q. I’ve read so many books and know all the theory about becoming enlightened, but I find it difficult to respond to what you ask in...
Creativity and Causation
Q: My moments of freshness and creativity sometimes seem like bubbles in my chest, like boiling water, arising into awareness out of...