A Zen Forest: Zen Sayings for Inner Peace & Mindfulness - Inspirational Quotes for Meditation, Daily Reflection & Spiritual Growth

Please see my review of "Zen Sand": it applies to this book, as well. Much smaller than "Zen Sand" but still appropriate.A Zen Forest: sayings of the masters, is a dense little treasure to unlock dams that block the flow of your awareness and creativity. Thank you, Soiku Shigematsu and Gary Snyder.You can thumb through these short sayings to find the one in the moment that releases your restricted mind and brings you closer to a wordless understanding of yourself, your internal processing, your place in the world and the world itself. If you have a mental or emotional restriction you won't recognize that restriction until it lifts. Paying attention to the saying that appeals to you in the moment is honoring the one that can teach you something now.These word pearls are meant to roll around your tongue, shift behind your eyes to clear your vision, tumble around your heart to play different music within and continually set you free from invisible and unacknowledged bondage. When this happens you feel joy.Two of my favorites as of today:Saying "fire" Won't burn your mouth;Saying "water" Won't drown you.One moon Shows In every pool;In every pool The one Moon.I heartily recommend this book to anyone who wants more freedom, creativity, understanding and joy in life.Joanna Poppink, MFTLos Angeles psychotherapist, speakerauthor of Healing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disordereatingdisorderrecoverydotcomDer "Zen Forest" wird von Zen-Schülern u.A. bei der Koan-Arbeit benutzt. Zu jedem Koan lässt sich ein Vers im Zen-Forest finden. Keine einfache Aufgabe. Leider gilt das nicht für dieses Buch, denn einige Verse fehlen im Vergleich zur Ausgabe von 1982 (Soiku Shigematsu ISBN 08348 - 0159 - 0). Warum?