Blog
In 2002 I dreamed of being a White Luminous Spider hanging from the silk thread of my body in vast dark space. Dreams are a powerful way of receiving messages from our unconscious mind. I have a dream journal in which I record my dreams, the ones that stand out. In...
Born from the tears of all the lakes, rivers, and oceans, with eyes that see beyond the milky way galaxy, ears that hear a multitude of voices from the world over, and hands that can reach the entire interconnected web of life, Tara is the Embodiment of Wisdom and...
This drawing titled ‘Sky Gazer’ is part of a series of work titled 'Dynamic Meditation.' Pencil and colored pencil and ink on paper 36” W x 48” H. The piece has just sold and I have limited edition prints 11" x 17" signed, 100 run, available. Contact me at...
The day I started meditating my father freaked out. I was twenty, still living with my parents, but not spending a lot of time at home. My father, a devout Catholic imposed his religion on the whole family. There were no choices in his household. I was shaped by a...
My first daylong meditation retreat was in the late 70’s at the International Buddhist Meditation Center in downtown Los Angeles. I looked around the meditation hall for a familiar face and saw only my teachers and the enormous golden Buddha with his painted face and...
I started meditation in the 1970’s in high school, with TM (transcendental meditation) and listening to, and reading Ram Das. I was clawing my way out from under my Catholic upbringing. Shortly afterwards I began a journey back to the Japanese side of my...
In the mid 80's I was ordained as a lay priest within the Zen (Tien) lineage of Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hahn, which is a Rinzai tradition working with 'Koans' (like spiritual riddles). On occasion while doing a task of some kind, he would ask us the...
In 2002 I awoke from a dream feeling a profound inner peace. In fact I did not recognize myself for hours after the dream, until slowly the familiar emotional ebbs and tides crept back into my awareness, and I felt completely myself again. I was changed nevertheless,...
Some dreams are like a road map of the future. One such dream resurfaced for me, and it has been following my waking hours for the last two years. I traced it back to 2002 in one of my journals; you see I journal my life mostly through dreams. Just recently I received...
A training with Michele Benzamin-Miki Oct. 3rd - 4th 2015 at Manzanita Village If you are an Artist, or if creativity is an important part of your work .. take a deep dive, and join us in this exploration of the Creative Muse. Free your inner...