Monthly Archives: November 2009

Making a start

Making a start, on the quest to answer life’s biggest questions. To begin with, we have to establish a context, or a mental or psychological environment within which to function. You have to get your mind in gear. And the key components of a healthy mental environment are sanity, moderation, and a striving towards the [...]
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Introduction to Zen

Introduction to Zen Zen is a basically radical sect within Buddhism, which is itself a radical metaphysical quest, as opposed to a standard faith-based religion. All of which makes Zen something of an extreme approach to the big questions of life. Zen has come about as the result of the application of no-nonsense Chinese and [...]
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