not always so?

I don’t completely agree with His Holiness. Do you? I would appreciate comments on this. I have my own opinion, but I am interested in yours. thanks.

Proof of Love

We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are “news”; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and, therefore, largely ignored.

sketching and practice

As I re-enter the practice of Zen I notice myself following a course similar to when I first started serious practice years ago. At first doing Zazen seems like a dreaded chore to be put off or ignored, so to break it into tolerable chunks I would do what I now think of as “one breath” meditations. That is. letting my breath settle for a moment and then taking a deep breath and letting it go slowly.