Zin Fishing

A soft breeze crept through the trees at the edge of the lake, barely moving the leaves. The sunlight bounced off the water shattering into thousands of sparkling suns in the midday heat. Young Taro knew the sage would be here today. It was one of those days that the sage would spend sitting on the big rock fishing.

Future Shocked

In 1970 Alvin Toffler wrote a book titled Future Shock. In the book, Toffler defined the term “future shock” as a psychological state of individuals and, indeed, entire societies. It refers to what happens to people when they are no longer able to cope with the pace of change in their life and the world as a whole. It is basically having too much change in too short a period of time. The consequences of future shock included all sorts of symptoms and maladies, ranging from increased susceptibility to disease to depression, erratic behavior and even total emotional breakdown.

Full Circle

These days we seem to be plugged into everything. Handheld mobile Wi-Fi platforms are making it possible to stay connected everywhere we go. Wall-sized, flat screen, high definition televisions dominate our living spaces, feeding us a never-ending diet of information and advertising. Facebook, Twitter and texting have become the preferred method for keeping in touch with people. There is no doubt that it can be very stimulating to feel so connected and yet it can hardly be denied that there is a feeling of underlying emptiness.

We have lost something. The more plugged into things we get, the more disconnected from nature we become.

Outer Changes Inner Work

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It is important to remember that Earth Changes have been taking place on this planet for millions of years. There have been ice ages, polar shifts, epic floods and devastating droughts throughout history. For the past two hundred years or so we have been living in a relatively quiet period of time. However, it is rapidly becoming apparent that change is upon us.

Diverting The River: Creating Daily Practice

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I have always found this quote to be valuable for students as they begin their training in Zen Yoga, tai chi, qigong or the martial arts. They have come to a point in their life when they realize they want something beyond what they have at present, something deeper and more meaningful. They have taken that first step to make the necessary changes in their life to bring that into reality.

Unplugged From Nature

We have lost something. The more plugged into things we get, the more disconnected from nature we become.

Generation Of Energy

A body full of energy should be our natural state of being. We should feel wonderful and alive every waking moment. The process of deep breathing provides us with a continuous exchange of energy. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work as well as it should. On a purely physical level, the human body was designed to be active, yet most of the things we do in an average day require very little physical effort. In fact, we often spend most of our days doing work that does not exercise the physical body at all. The result is that any unused energy that we have built up within the body gets transformed into muscle tension. This type of physical tension is often the source of the myriad aches, pains, twinges and worse, which we begin to experience as we grow older. These can easily turn into chronic illnesses that often become overwhelming.

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