Christopher Keevil

@culthummingbird Yes, @culthummingbird good choice! 🙏❤️

Try taking a break from the news for the three hours before bedtime A break from the suffering, anger, fear, and manipulation You won't look regret it And you'll become aware that you have a choice

When a guest arrives, I go out to meet the guest or When a guest arrives, I don’t go out to meet the guest or When a guest arrives, the guest meets themself, I meet myself, meeting meets meeting #Zen #Koan 🙏

Two elementary particles that are entangled will flip their spin simultaneously even when light years apart Awareness is not only within our body and brain Awareness extends throughout the universe We participate in it Letting go of mental activity gives space to see our existence before birth and after death 🙏 #Zen

Nothing obstructs anything else — Dogen When one thing is in front of the other, one thing is just in front of the other Obstruction implies expectation or intent—how things are vs. how things should be Without “should be,” we are just here, just as we are Opening the door to vast equanimity and peace And carrying out right action appropriate for each situation 🙏 #Zen

Pretty, lovely, light Happiness and growth The other side Is Buddha too Pushing the pendulum It swings back Until there are No more sides The entire universe Is enlightened Just so 🙏 #Zen

@TGinormous Beautiful. Thank you.🙏

You cannot rush forward to something that You already are... You are already the True Self. Slow down. Stop striving to reach. Rest. Relax. Breathe. Be Still. Observe deeply with no intention. Observe how others try to advance. Let them move. You stay. You Remember...

@myMTthoughts Here in Connecticut, we had some beautiful storms though

sad our winter offered so few days like this

In Moments of stillness Let the mind settle Like the clouds clearing The sun of awareness shines And the vast blue Open sky Encompasses all Possibilities 🙏 #Zen

Failure is just failure, that’s why it’s not failure Success is just success, that’s why it’s not success The moon is the moon The sun is the sun An ant, a dog, a human Each in its own way 🙏 #Zen

“What is the grand design or overall aim of the Buddhadharma?” Reiun replied, “The horse has arrived before the donkey has left” The donkey is what we aim for The horse is the arrival of fulfillment We are fulfilled even before we aim Aiming, fulfillment, achieving, falling short, are all included in the whole self Just so! 🙏 #Zen

@yogsrana Beautiful, and true @yogsrana 🙏

Silence is the flame in which the self is burned away.

Leaping pirouette Landing on a postage stamp Or Missing badly Injuring a shoulder Either way Healing takes time The clock Is clueless The “I” Gropes in the dark Just one step Before the other That is all

As a young man, I tried to solve life‘s problems with my rational mind. Now, life‘s problems dissipate through Zen and meditation. My rational mind is available to solve concrete and practical problems in service of my life and others. 🙏 #Zen

@HarvF Thank you @HarvF And thank you for your multiple reviews on Shelf Awareness. shelf-awareness.com

If you're looking for a thoughtful and gentle introduction to some of the principles of Zen, you can't do better than this book by @chriskeevil, who I'm lucky to call my friend. As this book reveals, he's both a wonderful teacher and a gifted storyteller.

Celebrating the anniversary of my book’ publication. One Reader recently said, “I was particularly struck by the book’s ability to weave prose poems and dialogues into a roadmap for spiritual awakening.” If you’re a spiritual seeker, this book is likely to resonate. It was a wonderful journey to write, and I hope it takes you as a reader on a similarly wonderful journey. findingzenintheordinary.com

My eyebrows are the mountains My eyes are the oceans How can this be true? Deep meditation – it’s there #Zen 🙏

Crash Sorrow! Do you hear? Second by second All over the globe Smashing cars Eggs crack Crysallis opens Do you see? How many babies How much joy Rivers upon rivers All of it Grand cacophony It is I And dying Shedding clothes Embracing the stream

Master Ma was unwell His attendant asked, “How are you?” Master Ma replied, “Sun faced Buddhas, moon faced Buddha.” 🙏 #Zen

A day of driving today To see our adult child To visit dear friends To frequent old haunts The world expands When love is shared And admiration Opens new possibilities

There are no Zen teachers in the whole country. What? What about all those people who get up in front of groups and give talks? It’s not that there is no Zen, it’s just there are no teachers. 🙏