Paris – 04 février 2011 – Incarner l’évidence
Retreat in the heart of life (details)
In response to a number of questions about the coming retreat in the heart of life (Feb. 14-19, see earlier posting), here are some details and explanations: You do this "retreat" wherever you are. If you can and want to sit with others, please come and join us. But coming to those sittings is not [...]
Joyce’s birthday as Cairo rages
James Joyce's birthday. A nod to Dublin's finest. May he rest in peace. And? No resting in peace in Cairo tonight as clashes are raging in Tahrir Square. So sad. What is so captivating, too, in this unfolding tale in Egypt (and elsewhere in the "Arab" world these days) is the desire to be free. [...]
Retreat in the Heart of Life
A retreat in the heart of life Feb. 14-19 in Paris or wherever you are Where are you? Wherever you are, life is there! And Zen practice is nowhere else! Take a plunge into the heart of your life just as it is, with the Wild Flower Zen Sangha. Come join the sitting or sit [...]
They’re joining as one in Cairo tonight
All of this upheaval in Egypt that I read about, hear about, seems absolutely incomprehensible and absolutely comprehensible at once. I feel I'm with them and not, so far and right here. In a magazine, I come upon this fragment written by Roland Barthes in 1977: "Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering." [...]
Thanks
Warm thanks to all those who came out to hear me read last night. It was a great crowd. Watch for the video to be posted here soon!
On having never left
The other day I took from my shelf a book (plays by Sam Shepard) that I have not touched for many, many years. I open it at random and out falls a postcard image of James Joyce... I look inside the cover, where I had as usual written the date of the book's purchase: 01/81. [...]
Poetry reading
An invitation to all those in Paris: I'll be participating in a poetry reading on Thursday, Jan. 27, 19h Berkeley Books of Paris 8 rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris, Metro Odeon
Where are we?
We sat all together yesterday, starting out with the question, "Where are we?" It made for a fabulous morning --- the answers kept coming to me, arising one after the other: on the floor, on a cushion, under the ceiling, in front of the table, in the house, in the garden, in the living room, [...]