we are on a shared journey

Most of us are deeply moved by the mystery of life and the power of love.

We’re inspired by its eternal beauty and we give the best of ourselves in hope of creating a better, safer, more loving world…

We share a deep inner connection with each other, a love of nature and a vision for peace on Earth

but when we look out upon our world we see so much pain and suffering … when all we want is peace,

and when we look within, our mind is never at rest.

So we search for peace and happiness outside of ourself, in relationships, events and things,

unaware we have lost touch with the essence of who we are.

On a deep instinctual level we know a greater truth exists … we just don’t know how to get to it …

unaware it’s closer than our breath.

For some of us, the angst of not knowing how to come home to this greater truth sets us on a journey to find its path .

For others the journey is initiated by an unexpected glimpse….

Here’s how it began for me.

Decades ago when I was in middle school I was playfully dancing at a class party jumping up and down and up and down.

I felt so light and free, it was as if i was dancing in the sky and as i jumped up one more time I disappeared…

into what I can only describe as the universal presence of “i”…

I didn’t know what happened… but in the space of a blink of an eye, the direction of my life was set…

and unbeknownst to me my journey had begun!

Years later after much study, practice with a Zen master and years of Soto Zen meditation I would recognize this as my first Kensho experience or brief encounter with my true nature…

the natural field of unified consciousness.

This is my ongoing journey and it inspires me to share it with you!

It is an investigation into our true nature…

combining my understanding and direct experience of Zen Meditation, Advaita Vedanta Vicara Self Inquiry and Higher Logic and Reasoning and what I call 24/7 Awareness meditation.

It is a bridge between our thoughts and feelings and the presence of conscious awareness in which they arise.

It begins with the delicate art of noticing…