Originally I came to be a practitioner of mysticism, a Karateka, because I wanted to create stories, images, metaphors, inspirational archetypes, role models, and all of the like, specifically in order to bring them to others, "to bring the Spirit to those in need." But little did I know that at the mere age of 19 years, even with a substantially younger mind than that, that I would have to spend a couple of decades learning before I had anything to teach. In other words, I had exaggerated hubris and pride. It took me over ten years to learn that while there is what can be called, good pride, that I am merely a simple human-being, and only a humble Karateka - one that would have to generate character of several other kinds before becoming the like of a teacher. This, that I am just not Black Belt material, Master material, was a pure, joyful lesson and it refreshed my soul.

 

On the other hand, I have discovered a moderate spiritual power inside myself that I know that, with help, I can use to cast what knowledge I have accumulated, what dream I have so vividly sought after, in a small way into the media of writing; hence the writings in this website. After so many years of diverse, and often difficult and painful life experience, I have at last been told that, in fact, I embody a beginner in advanced-phased Zen. That is, I have at last begun to reap the spoils of all that beginning passion – of that original raw inspiration that overwhelmingly catapulted me through so many crazy years of absorption. Having undergone this informal Tangaryo has been one of the greatest joys of my life.

 

Onward, while the material herein is based on a cerebral arts-style, and thus has a seemingly intellectual streak, its spirit and its gists are also intimately physical and mystical - by far more than they are mental. And that content also happens to embody more than just Zen, but represents some really good Transcendentalism, Bushido, Paganism, Voodoo, Christianism, and Shinto, as well - in smaller measure for a couple of these - but no doubt, overall with a fairly strong synchronicity.

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If suffering is the most important adversary during the life of a human, then, what is the medicine for it? Every human is constituted of specific constitutional parts - like the body, the brain, the mouth, instinct, intuition, personality, soul, psyche, emotion, power, and heart - so which of these is responsible for pain? Or, rather, which of them is most effectively used for Keeping Well, and how are those chosen (or habitual or spontaneous) techniques and tools used? As these questions and answers are central to the writings herein - that we hope you will read - it is important, here, to add that their purpose is to expand, deepen, inspire, focus, refine the Attention of Care in the living through all parts of consciousness and under all manner of traditions or unique life ways.

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