
Life and the mind seems to be in one of two states. Being under water mostly for me and periodically coming up, out of the water, for air. Or being asleep mostly and waking-up Continue reading
Life and the mind seems to be in one of two states. Being under water mostly for me and periodically coming up, out of the water, for air. Or being asleep mostly and waking-up Continue reading
What you’re looking for is that which is looking. – St. Francis d’Assisi
Thanks to meditation and many teachers, this mind has come to a growing realization. That meditation, zazen and aspects such as peace (平常心, heijoushin), freedom from Continue reading
A young Kyoshi 7 dan from Japan visited the dojo that I practice at this week. I’ll refer to him as “O” sensei as he preferred not having his name mentioned. He had once placed Continue reading
I believe that “Soft Eyes” is an extremely important part of kendo and many areas of life. It is a natural, tension-free way of seeing and being – which goes by many other names: Whole or Effortless Seeing, Soft or Open Focus, Wide-Angled, Peripheral or Panoramic Vision and “Enzan no Metsuke (a distant mountain gaze).” Continue reading
Several years ago, I came across an insightful book: The Open-Focus Brain by Dr. Les Fehmi and Jim Robbins [Fehmi]. The possibility that the “Open-Focus” state could Continue reading