Zen: Imprisoned Splendor

the Open Heart amidst all apparent conditions, even suffering , finds Happiness Itself

 
 
I teach Zen meditation (Zazen) and hold private one-to-one meetings on weekday mornings with Zen students and separately with others who wish to learn Zazen. I have been practicing meditation and studying the great religious traditions for twenty five years. I am a Dharma Heir of Zen Master Gudo Nishijima. I live in London and Berkshire, UK, with my wife and our nine children. Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, Where Truth abides in fullness; and around, Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception which is Truth. A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Binds it, and makes all error: and, to KNOW, Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the Imprisoned Splendor may escape, Than in effecting an entry for a light Supposed to be without. Robert Browning (1812-1889) from Paracelsus If you would like to contact me, my email address is richardmorrissey at (use @)mac.com. “The mystery of the unseen belongs to Allah. Then wait; I too will wait with you.” (10:20)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma_heirhttp://www.dogensangha.org/gwn.htmshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1