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January 16, 2011

Koan Study: No Charge

A visitor asked Master Li if there was a charge to hear his talk that evening in the zendo. "No, there is no charge, please pay at the door" responded the Master.

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I stopped caring and it set me free

See and be seen, drink and be drunk, think and be thunk

Hello barstool my old friend, I’ve come to sit on you again

Sometimes you have to break the rules

Stop trying to be liked, it can make you weak

Sorry death, I’m going to have to take a sick day

It was raining but the sun is out now...day ruined

It’s usually better to look forward than behind but that depends on the view

Prose - the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse

Poetry (free verse) - Free verse is an open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern.

Paranormal - of or relating to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation, as psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, or other purportedly supernatural phenomena.

My Poetry

Someone once told me

“Your poetry ain’t real poetry

because it don’t rhyme”

I told him

it was because

my poetry was about life

and life dosen’t always rhyme

you have blue

and you don’t always get

you or new

sometimes you get

bottle or street

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Roshi Hogan Says...

To describe the Dao, one word too many, a million words too few

Blow out the candle and make friends with the darkness

We do not insist our way is the only way, or the best way, merely that it is our way

Good enough is not good enough unless it is good enough.

Wisdom does not float in with the morning tide.

Let the trade winds that blow through your life be that of the Dao

In a world filled with treachery and darkness, the Dao remains the shining light of goodness and truth

Here's to the new year...same as the old year.

Alexander Hogan

Alexander Hogan

Biography

Alexander Hogan: When Roshi Hogan was young, there was who the neighbors called "a strange old man" who lived across the alley from him. This 'strange old man' was a former student of a Dao master in China. Becoming friends, Roshi Hogan now passes these ancient teachings on to you. Alexander Hogan is also an acclaimed writer of prose and poetry. He has been published in many publications.

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