Initially Zen Humanism was just my attempt at being clever. Frankly, I doubt that using the two words together is all that original. But it came out of a discussion I had where someone was hung up on labeling me. The idea that I was an atheist with a pious or reverent attitude toward life and the universe made no rational sense to him…perhaps it ( Read more... )

Forgiveness is tough. I don’t care what the bible says or what Jesus supposedly said. I don’t care what the Dalai Lama believes or what any self-stylized New Agey guru type teaches. Forgiveness is very tough. You need to cut yourself some slack here. Just because you should forgive or, and this may be more to the point, BELIEVE you should forgive ( Read more... )