Main Shrine
The most awesome was at night, or in early morning, before sunrise. Walking across this spacious yard, toward the temple...it felt so holy, like walking across time towards eternity, or an eternal dwelling place, the grand anticipation and excitement felt just walking towards it, just walking in the openness.
Eyes of the Storm Part Two
January 24th 2011 These eyes of the storm, the storm of the earth, are so precious. The storm keeps us swirling within its borders, but the eye, like the eye within ourselves, beckons us to its calm. To be still in the presence of life. To observe its grand beauty, and to be content as a part of its being.
I am in societies storm right now, and the associated storm of mind. Can we truly separate our stormy
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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more 
