A Pilgrim’s Progress

This piece is about my own map of the trail to the western lands. I've just finished draft one of a book called "A Pilgrim's Progress: Letters from the Trail to the Western Lands." The idea is that the inner journey becomes an external pilgrimage where the pilgrims encounter obstacles that reflect the obstacles I've encountered. I'd love to hear from you! I'm at suchaone@proton.me My website is at https://www.hoanthropos.com/

When any of us starts on the path toward healing and wholeness, we might meet up with the force inside that wants to keep you where you are -- The Imp of the Perverse!

Moonlight Miles is the first part of the trail to the western lands. It's where you're at when you realize that your life is changing, and you want something better. I'd love to hear from you! My email is suchaone@proton.me. I'd love to hear from you!

This is another of my tellings of classic zen stories. This one is about the difference between heaven and Hell, told with some Oklahoma flavor to it. It's from the moonlight miles part of the path - easy miles where we Pilgrims can pass the time in pleasant conversation. 

This is a bit more on the classic zen story about heaven and hell. I'd love to hear from you! 

The greatest distance in the cosmos is the one inch that separates the inside of your eyeballs from the outside.

Here are some Moonlight Miles musings on the idea of imagining one's self as an animal. Is it good or bad to be a Bear? How about an Octopus?

This piece is about an image from Dogen which stuck in my mind. Young Hunter - that's me when I'm impatient to get results, and get them NOW! Healing, happiness, enlightenment, the final books in the Song of Ice & Fire, whatever it is. Old Woodcutter - That's me when I live in the past, trying to carve and whittle the past into something that's more to my liking. In between those two figures is just me, right here right now. I'd love to hear from you! My email is suchaone@proton.me

Zen is something you do, not something you think, they say. It's a practice, they say. What does that mean exactly? This video is about what that means to this here Zen practitioner.