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hug your hulk
I swing them violently by the hair from side to side across my head. It's the recurrent dream again. I wake up. Hulk says good morning. I...
ninamorena806
Nov 13, 20202 min read
the pathless land of truth
This is what Jiddu Krishnamurti tried to explain from his earliest teachings in 1929 right until the end: " truth is a pathless land. "...
hamid ebadi
Sep 13, 20202 min read
in praise of the last horse
When you stumble again, hit the wall again, stray again, disappoint yourself again, fail to learn your lessons again, hit rock bottom...
hamid ebadi
May 12, 20206 min read
the net of indra
An edited version of the first talk in our online zazen sessions: the Net of Indra. Many thanks to Jen for the transcription....
hamid ebadi
Apr 12, 20204 min read
he who knows does not speak so speak you who do not know
For over ten years now I have found myself being in a teacher's position while realizing being a student is what I feel far more...
hamid ebadi
Mar 12, 20203 min read
in and out of the stream of unknowing
Reading Meister Eckhart’s sermons we learn that God is not to be found here and is not to be found there, he is not to be found anywhere...
hamid ebadi
Nov 21, 20194 min read
living without why
asks not whether it is seen: that silent unfolding of the play
hamid ebadi
Oct 9, 20192 min read
mountain sanctuary
karuna retreat center, serra de monchique, algarve, portugal
hamid ebadi
Aug 3, 20192 min read
on the don't know mind
here is a poem presented to master ryotan tokuda on my monk ordination day some twenty years ago in france. after a number of years of...
hamid ebadi
Jun 15, 20192 min read
we stand in the passage of fires
Endearing words received from our friend Alex from Holand who has no presence on social media. Alex joined us last July at Karuna Center,...
hamid ebadi
May 11, 20192 min read
the reality behind words
the reality behind words unspoken ones mostly crimson sun setting in misty sea wave after wave ash-beds in motion flags fastened to the...
hamid ebadi
Jan 29, 20191 min read
returning to monchique
It is with pleasure that I can announce the resumption of our silent meditation and yin yoga retreats at Karuna Center in Algarve,...
hamid ebadi
Jan 11, 20193 min read
this practice has a lifeline of highs and lows
It is hard to put into words my experience of the past 6 days silent meditation and yoga retreat. This surprises me as this was my 3rd...
georgia morley
Dec 19, 20184 min read
ei-tai ji, temple of eternal peace
second pilgrimage of the year after visiting rumi's shrine in konya, turkey, in september. returning to ei-tai ji temple, in the lower...
hamid ebadi
Oct 25, 20182 min read
today, i hold myself
I write this as it is approaching three months since I spent six days on a silent meditation retreat in the hills of Monchique, Portugal....
hamid ebadi
Oct 19, 20183 min read
wind of impermanence howling
Harking the wind of impermanence howl. Howling for you, howling for me, howling for no one. Of that wind, we could say, it hardly ever...
hamid ebadi
Oct 10, 20182 min read
mujo, when the wind of impermanance howls
photo: lorelei loveridge For some reason, I came home from work, cooked dinner, fell asleep, and woke at 1 AM. Meditated after a bit and...
hamid ebadi
Oct 10, 20182 min read
opening to paradoxes
Silence and stillness allow you to reach and settle into your deepest level of experiencing as a human being. Coming back to a place one...
hamid ebadi
Oct 3, 20182 min read
the pathless one in you
on the anatolian plateau, september 2018 from my travels to where and nowhere . autrement dit the point of the journey is in the travel ....
hamid ebadi
Sep 26, 20181 min read
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