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ZAFROGZEN Posted on July 27, 2022 by zafrogzenMarch 27, 2025

1/1/24 No Self and negative effects of meditation. A Monk said to Hui Hai, Ultimately then, there is just nothing at all. Hui Hai replied, We’ve come to the ultimate extent of yourself, but not to the ultimate. When I … Continue reading →

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ZAFROGZEN Posted on April 1, 2022 by zafrogzenJuly 19, 2023

Youthful Folly has success. It is not I who seek the young fool; The young fool seeks me.   I Ching When I was living in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury in the 1960’s, a fellow showed up at my door … Continue reading →

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THE ZEN

ZAFROGZEN Posted on February 12, 2022 by zafrogzenFebruary 27, 2025

Yun-men said to the assembly of monks, “See how vast and wide the world is! Why do you put on your seven-piece robe at the sound of the bell?” Meditation, and zen in particular, has occupied more of my time … Continue reading →

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YOU CAN THINK WHATEVER YOU LIKE

ZAFROGZEN Posted on October 13, 2018 by zafrogzenMarch 14, 2025

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.”                                 … Continue reading →

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CLEAR LIGHT

ZAFROGZEN Posted on May 14, 2018 by zafrogzenNovember 29, 2021

                              “Know matter and Spirit to be both without beginning…”                                                                                                                 Bhagavadgita Recently, as we sat sipping tea after a short one-day meditation retreat, my friend Hugh brought up the Tibetan after-death scenario, … Continue reading →

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FLOWER POWER

ZAFROGZEN Posted on March 9, 2018 by zafrogzenAugust 22, 2023

I often have a hit or two of marijuana (cannabis) from my vaporizer before doing hatha yoga and working out a few mornings each week. I’ve found it makes exercise much more interesting and enjoyable. In fact it goes well … Continue reading →

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LINES IN THE DUST

ZAFROGZEN Posted on January 1, 2018 by zafrogzenFebruary 14, 2021

Determined to live a life of simple asceticism, in the late sixties I retreated to an isolated shack beside a pond in the foothills of the Sierras (bereft of electricity and such distractions as televisions and phones). I only allowed … Continue reading →

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SELF-DISCIPLINE

ZAFROGZEN Posted on May 23, 2017 by zafrogzenApril 19, 2025

“The inferior man conquers others, the superior man conquers himself.”                                                Dhammapada Most people are disciplined by outside forces and obligations such … Continue reading →

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DEATH

ZAFROGZEN Posted on April 8, 2017 by zafrogzenDecember 16, 2018

The other day I found a lump in my left testicle. Big enough to almost feel like a third nut. As usual I was unable to get to a doctor right away. Such things always occur on weekends or when … Continue reading →

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SOME THOUGHTS ON WRITING

ZAFROGZEN Posted on February 16, 2017 by zafrogzenJanuary 22, 2019

I’m going to continue writing occasional pieces for my memoir of the sixties — even at the risk of sounding like one of those old guys that are sometimes encountered, especially in bars, who go on at length reminiscing about … Continue reading →

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