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Connecting Eastern and Western Philosophy, Taoism, Confucius, Buddhism, enlightenment with Plato, Tolstoy, Emerson, etc.

The foundation's primary goal is to be a bridge to universal understanding demonstrating that we are of one spirit.

09/03/2026

Today’s Meditation — Walking with the Origins That Follow Us

Sit quietly and let the breath settle. Let the world soften until only the steady rhythm of your own presence remains....

Sit quietly and let the breath settle. Let the world soften until only the steady rhythm of your own presence remains. In this stillness, feel the memories that rise — not the ones you chase, but t…

08/28/2026

Today’s Meditation — Benevolence: What It Looks Like in a Life Well Lived

This morning invites us to sit quietly with the meaning of benevolence — not as an abstract spiritual ideal, but as something we witness in the lives of real people....

This morning invites us to sit quietly with the meaning of benevolence — not as an abstract spiritual ideal, but as something we witness in the lives of real people. When Dolly Parton passed this w…

08/18/2026

Morning Meditation — Spinning the Wheel of Blessings

Sit comfortably and imagine yourself standing before the prayer wheels at the Luohan Buddhist Temple in Chongqing....

Sit comfortably and imagine yourself standing before the prayer wheels at the Luohan Buddhist Temple in Chongqing. The early light has just begun to filter through the wooden beams, touching the go…

08/11/2026

Morning meditation… Our restoration of Intention

Each morning offers a chance to return to intention, to step back from the momentum of habit and remember what sincerity feels like before the day begins....

Each morning offers a chance to return to intention, to step back from the momentum of habit and remember what sincerity feels like before the day begins. Lieh Tzu teaches that true action arises f…

08/09/2026

Sunday Meditation… The view through the Mist.

Sit until the world around you softens, the way mountains soften when mist gathers in their folds....

Sit until the world around you softens, the way mountains soften when mist gathers in their folds. Let your breath settle into the same quiet rhythm, rising and falling like ink drifting across a h…

08/02/2026

Sunday Meditation… Who Really Cares, Who’s Willing to Try.

Clarity begins with sincerity — the quiet willingness to look within before we look outward. The I Ching teaches that the world does not change because we expose faults, but because we cultivate virtue....

Clarity begins with sincerity — the quiet willingness to look within before we look outward. The I Ching teaches that the world does not change because we expose faults, but because we cultivate vi…

07/30/2026

Today’s Meditation….The Turning of the hidden Hinge

Carved in a pre‑historical style and found in Old Town beneath Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in Anhui Province, this dragon embodies the earliest breath of Chinese cosmology — the moment before myth took form and the Way began to move....

Carved in a pre‑historical style and found in Old Town beneath Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in Anhui Province, this dragon embodies the earliest breath of Chinese cosmology — the moment before myth …

07/26/2026

Today’s Meditation… carrying memories forward.

Sit quietly and imagine the ritual helmet from the Shaanxi Museum in Xian resting before you — bronze, latticed, adorned with birds poised to rise....

Sit quietly and imagine the ritual helmet from the Shaanxi Museum in Xian resting before you — bronze, latticed, adorned with birds poised to rise. It was never meant for battle. It was meant for t…

07/23/2026

Today’s Meditation… excerpt from a new manuscript.

(108 is the current entry number) Sit quietly and let your breath settle into its natural rhythm....

(108 is the current entry number) Sit quietly and let your breath settle into its natural rhythm. Allow the long arc of your own story to rise within you, not as memory but as continuity. The sage…

07/16/2026

Today’s Meditation… All the way to Heaven is Heaven.

An essential aspect of what is known as “Zen mind” is having the courage to be fully present in the moment and nowhere else....

An essential aspect of what is known as “Zen mind” is having the courage to be fully present in the moment and nowhere else. Many Christians might claim they have no time for what is referred to as…

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