In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next.

We create a mask to meet the masks of others. Then we wonder why we cannot love, and why we feel so alone.

The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.

Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers. Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you'll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to.

Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.

All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad.

We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.