The Power of Community

Siona Van Dijk-The Gaia On-Line Community. Over the years we have become accustomed to using the word, community, rather loosely. Developers promise us a community when we sign on the dotted line to buy their property. What we actually get is the building. There is no guarantee that those who live near us will share any part of our life. In the church, the congregation should rightfully constitute... Read more

The Body of Christ/The Body of Buddha

THIS IS NOT BUDDHA! Photo by Sabine Kleftogiannis One year I stood in the midst of hundreds of thousands of people screaming in the New Year at Times Square in New York City. I had witnessed the event many times before on television. That night I was made certain that I do not belong in multitudes. Many people really enjoy crowds. For those in the world of Religion the choice may seem... Read more

The Spiritual Warrior Beyond Martial Arts/with Bully Proof Video

"The Ocean of The Spirit permeates all things. The Sword of The Spirit is Faith" ] Read More →

Juneteenth…Celebrate Emancipation Without Shame or Blame

We are all dwelling on a single spinning globe surrounded by endless space. Considering that truth, one would think we would be a close family by now. Mankind needs to take a closer look at what we share in common and less at where we differ. Kitabu Roshi   As children we used our imagination well. We became cowboys and Native-Americans, cops and robbers, ballerinas and doctors with ease. Now... Read more

Eckhart Tolle’s Milton’s Secret is Robert S. Friedman’s Gift/ Interview

If The Power of Now did not do enough to establish the name of  author, Eckhart Tolle, his collaborative effort with Oprah Winfrey around  his book, The New Earth certainly filled in the gap. As children, not only did we naturally live in the now but the earth,itself, was new, as a matter of course.  By the time we lose our innocence we no longer experience this marvelous world in its suchness.... Read more

BLESSED ARE THE PEACE-MAKERS.

Kitabu Roshi sits with a Buddhist Monk at the Wat Promkunaram Buddhist Temple in Arizona. -Photo by Reverend Jeanene McQuillen- The gyroscope was invented in 1852 by the French experimental physicist Leon Foucault (1819-1868) as part of a two-pronged investigation of the rotation of the earth. (On display at Bowdoit College)   As a child I was fascinated by a gyroscope spinning on... Read more

Octuplet Mom: Eight Gates to Heaven…Focus on the children.

Nadya Suleman talks to Ann Curry of "The Today Show." To me, there is nothing more exquisite or as beautiful as a child. There is not to be found a more trusting and innocent being than a baby. The opposite complement to children would be the love of the mother. She opens her heart and takes the little life unto her breast.  If she is truly endowed with motherlove, there that child will... Read more

Why Did Bodhidharma Come to the West?

Wind blows...leaves scatter Bodhidharma traveled from India to introduce Zen (Ch'an)to China. Historically, Bodhidharma was the 28th patriarch of Gotama Buddha. Nevertheless, he was the founder of the enlightenment approach now known mostly by its Japanese name, Zen. Bodhidharma was also known as Tamo and Daruma. He travelled the distance from India to China over treacherous ground...but... Read more

PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA/BLACK HAND CLAPPING

President Barrack Obama The First "American " President of The United States (AP photo) The world-wide lure of America is that it stands as a blazing light of hope to the rest of the world. It promises that all men have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness here. For centuries the promise was a glaring untruth. All men did not have such freedom or hope because all men were... Read more

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM

The Word was made flesh and came and dwelt among men. Star of Bethlehem art by Sabine Kleftogiannis. PRESENCE IS THE GIFT PEACE ON EARTH: HOW TO RECEIVE THE GIFT It was dark. I stood at the door of the American Vishwa Dharma Zen Temple (Soul Sword Zendo) and my attention was immediately attracted by a single bright star shining close to the earth. The star was so bright above the house... Read more

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