Sitting

A beautifully engaging introduction to the art of sitting in meditation.

Today .. into my inbox .. sweet and wise instruction from Karen Maezen Miller (one of my favourite bloggers, writer and Zen Buddhist priest) .. a a timely reminder of where we start our meditation .. by taking our seat.

Karen Maezen Miller (www.karenmaezenmiller.com/) a Zen Buddhist priest and teacher, or sensei, at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, a wonderful writer of books that I treasure and delve into regularly, such as Hand Wash Cold : Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, and regular contributor to one of my favourite magazines Shambhala.

Hazy Moon Zen Center Los Angeles : (http://www.hazymoon.com/) prepared this video.  Find out more about the Zen Buddhism (a 2,500 year old oral teaching) and Zen Meditation and the Center online.

Take a moment and just sit ..

Inexpressible Beauty Of Ordinary

I have mentioned Karen Maezen Miller here before .. and yesterday I received this beautiful reminder of her new book "Hand Wash Cold". I can't wait to get my order in, even though the shipping will probably cost an 'arm and a leg' and take far to long .. but then thats life isn't it .. accepting thats just the way and the wait will be worth it. I read Karen's words every morning courtesty of her regular blog and soon shall have her on my bookshelf.

Karen always seems to provide me with timely reminders .. how we can all get caught up in the books, workshops, cd's and teachings but in the simplest of daily living (ie. the laundry, the kitchen, the yard) we can find clarity and truth. Straight from the heart .. and the laundry .. helping us to see things as they truly are .. and to handle life with care.

Take some time to leave your laundry and listen to Karen's video .. you can hear the heart in her voice .. very inspiring.