The Call of the Wild, Befriending Nature Have you ever been moved by a particular smell, birdsong or wild animal, like a roaring lion, that left you feeling alive? The smell and sound captivated your senses and alerted you to something sublime and mystical on the...
War and Peace, Searching for Healing in a Troubled World There is chaos in the hearts of man. And our chaos spreads like a virus into the natural world, resulting in species extinction and unimaginable environmental destruction. It’s hard to conceive of war on...
Ubuntu in the Rainbow Nation Seven Years of Ancestral Bows “Become a Zen monk and join my monk army!” exclaimed Zen Master Seung Sahn, a grand master of the Korean Zen lineage based in South Korea. I was 21 years old and I had just completed the mandatory three-month...
