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The Art Of Being Here
A BLOG
"I don’t know anything about consciousness. I just try to teach my students how to hear the birds sing." - Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
The Art Of Being Here
A BLOG
"I don’t know anything about consciousness. I just try to teach my students how to hear the birds sing." - Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
By Mia Blumstein
June 10, 2026
We began with apples. This seemed, at the time, like a modest enough beginning. Apples are not known for being dramatic. They do not enter a room wearing velvet or quoting the Buddha. They simply sit there in the palm of your hand, round and ordinary, asking very little of you except that you take a bite.
So that is what we did.. (read more)