Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
Shelter from the Storm
The wildness at the edge of awareness
Gary Thorp
Gary Thorp has been a Zen student since 1960. A former bookseller and jazz pianist, he is a full-time writer and lives with his wife in Marin County, California. His most recent book is Caught in Fading Light: Mountain Lions, Zen Masters, and Wild Nature.
John Muir and One Breath
In his book Caught in Fading Light, Gary Thorp recounts his quest to spot a cougar in the mountains of northern California. Using the literary form of nikki bungaku, a traditional Japanese diary-writing style, he explores…
MeditationMagazine | On Parenting
The Dust Beyond the Cushion
From dishes to dusting, from window-washing to bed-making, housekeeping provides an everyday opportunity for practice.
Crossing the Threshold
Doorways provide not simply passage between rooms, but an awareness of the thresholds within ourselves.
Infinite Winter
When things are running smoothly, the refrigerator is very much like some people’s idea of the perfect Zen student. It is calm, cool, and quiet, and it possesses its own inner light. Actually, the refrigerator is…
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