Wayne C. Allen's Phoenix Centre Blog

The random musings of psychotherapist Wayne C. Allen - a simple Zen guy - on living and relating elegantly


07/21/2008 08:00 AM
Personal Self Responsibility
Essential Zen Lessons - part 3 I’m thinking that, for the summer at least, I’ll write some lists that fit the survey results from a month or so ago. There were two 98% winners - “Zen Living,” and “Zen Hints and Tips.” The other highly-vored-for [...]

07/14/2008 08:00 AM
More Zen Ideas
One of the chief distractions is grasping onto a sense of "this is hard." In relationship counselling, "This is hard" is short-hand for "Why the hell should I have to change when it's his/her fault?" Hint: because the only thing you have even slight control over is yourself.

07/07/2008 08:00 AM
Learning and Living Zen
Coiming into presence is the key focus of Zen, and is accomplished in Zazen and "simply noticing. Here we begin to explore the foundations of building an "attentiveness practice."

07/06/2008 11:45 AM
OK So This Kid is Amazing
I usually don’t spend a ton of time looking at Facebook Friend’s videos. Today, I did, and found this - quite, quite amazing - Amazing Kids Sungha Jung Playing Guitar-With or Without You [...]