April 11, 2021

There Is No Box

Twenty feet down
Covered with earth and snow

Inside a box
With thick walls
Three padlocks
And a trip wire
Is no place for a heart to be found
The keys will not appear by my hand
God will open me
If I allow
With a flash of feast and fury
And then
At last
It is clear
There is no box

- Aaron DeNardo

(Photo by Jim Little)

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Special bows for today: 

• Please continue to offer bows in honor of:
• Kenny Merrill, Misha's cousin, who died from ALS on March 20, 2021
• Lally Hass, Kathleen Dickey's aunt, who died 3/7/2021  
• Jesse Schouboe, dear friend of GJ Scove, who died on 2/27/21 in a car crash
• Hank Wesselman, brother of Chris Wesselman, who died on 2/15/21
• Please continue to offer bows of well-being for: 
• John Hass, Kathleen Dickey's uncle who has entered hospice
• Les Kaye, who will need to undergo another round of chemotherapy
• Flip Dibner, dharma brother and friend, who is continuing  chemotherapy treatments  
• David Shaw, who is continuing the process of recovery

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Wonderful links/recommendations shared by sangha members and friends:

• From Jim:   Tricking your brain into learning--the Super Mario Effect:   https://youtu.be/9vJRopau0g0

• From Misha:  Amazing dog video:    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HFthXKHpSBr7jVDV4uYPsS3GDCLOzUK4/view?usp=sharing

• From Nancy:  Taylor Swift singing us back to nature:   https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/opinion/taylor-swift-grammys-nature-lyrics.html

• From Alisa Tu:  A beautiful iSing production with Alia Tu as one of the soloists:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z267hxrAOHM

• Zen Heart Sangha website: resources about COVID-19: www.zenheartsangha.org

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• To leave a comment on this blog:  Here is a quick video on how to--it's from 2017, but should work:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4RflO5Wgg