Updated Flyer

Wish I coud remeber which one goes with the Shovel, oh well, maybe another beer is in order.

On The Road

Heading into Wyoming

The Adventure of Not-Knowing
If, as I believe, meditation is simply awareness, then any past knowledge I have about it is not only useless, but slops over into my immediate experience. Knowing is antithetical to openness, and it's the adventure of not knowing that's the genius of meditation.

- Barry Evans, "The Myth of the Experienced Meditator"

The Hinterlands between Utah and Wyoming.

The Swap Meet Approaches, Girls from "Pin Ups for a Cause" have been kind enough to show up ;-)

Weekend follies

Polishing Our Buddhanature
Selfless service brings balance to your practice. Since it engages the body, it balances the tendency we have to think and theorize rather than act. By channeling your energy into acts of service, you transform the ideal into the real. So cleaning the inside of a temple, or picking up trash at a public park, not only cleans the space used by others (this is where the selfless part comes in); it figuratively polishes your buddhanature. It’s palpable in the joy and satisfaction you feel.

- Shinso Ito, “Unconditional Service”

I enlisted the help of a friend of mine to clean my plugs today.

got a .38 special on a .45 frame, shootin' tombstone bullets and a ball and chain.

Freedom from Reaction

Freedom means being able to choose how we respond to things. When wisdom is not well developed, it can be easily obscured by the provocations of others. In such cases we may as well be animals or robots. If there is no space between an insulting stimulus and its immediate conditioned response—anger—then we are in fact under the control of others. Mindfulness opens up such a space, and when wisdom is there to fill it one is capable of responding with forbearance.

- Andrew Olendzki, "Calm in the Face of Anger"

Social Distortion "Reach for the Sky" since we are getting close to the May 11th, Salt Lake show, I thought it appropriate to do another rare youtube post to the ol' blog.