WRITING, RHYMING & PHOTOGRAPHING

The Buddha’s insight on what the self is not, is very logical and analytical, but what it leads into is a wonderous realization of...

Laozi would be like a Master Baker, the Buddha would be the one who wrote down the recipe for others to follow... Recently I’ve been...

"The Legend of Wudang" is out now in E-Book Form! Available on Amazon (Kindle), AppleBooks, and Barns and Nobel! The Legend of Wudang: A...

A Tale of Taiji, Taoism and Wellness One of the best ways we learn is through stories. Whether it be the moral lessons we learn as...

Chinese characters are often full of deep and hidden meaning; the character for Dào 道 is no exception. Let’s break down the 3 main...

A short story I wrote while walking through the tranquil Wudang Taoist mountains. A story about the importance of slowing down, observing...

It was the first time for many of the White foreigners living in China, that the colour of their skin was not seen as a positive. The...

A short story from ancient China, with a deep moral meaning of how to live our lives. The Devoted Buddhist. Once upon a time in ancient...

"I have such a feeling of solidarity with everything alive that it doesn't seem important to know where the individual ends or begins." -...

A short conversation about art, poetry, loss and longing. A brief window into the life and mind of an old painter. It’s all comes down to...

You are observing, feeling and connecting to everything that is going on around you. Only when we are in-tune with the flow of nature,...

There is not one right or wrong way to make tea, each culture simply makes tea in their own way. Daoism is the same. Unlike other...

You are only ever protected from a virus as much as the poorest person in your community. As the COVID-19 coronavirus virus starts to...

From my experience, most modern-day books that are about how to better your life, or change your perspective, are actually based on and...

In 1943 the Japanese army required the 18,000 Jewish refugees in Shanghai to relocate to a Ghetto: a 3/4 square mile area in Shanghai’s...

They are not just places to come and drink a morning cup of tea, but they act as community centers. The line between mah-jong house and...

She told us of the many changes she had seen in the surrounding area over the years but that the temple and the tea house were much the...

It’s difficult to tell if it’s steam from their drinks or smoke from their cigars that’s lingering in the air. Walking into Pengzhen Tea...