There are different kinds of listening and attending. In a busy world we tend to listen, partially, casually, with our ears and a mind diverted by many things.

It is a wonderful balm to step aside from the noise of the world, even for a few moments each day, and allow ourselves the gift of silence.

Wabi Sabi contrasts with the minimalist approach, defining its unique perspective on objects with an embrace of their imperfections and innate qualities

To cultivate an active curiosity to doubt when we see that we are obviously suffering in a prison possibly of our own making.

I find it a useful daily practice not to take myself too seriously.

Whenever possible, even in most improbable conditions, I try to relax completely. How do I let go?

I have discovered that 5 Short Daily Walks are a powerful wisdom practice that interrupts the habit of long term sitting.

The Confucian-inspired adage before beginning the meal--hara hachi bu — is a reminder to stop eating when our stomachs are 80 percent full.

The Resilience ball requires us to focus on this moment, then the next, like slides in a slow motion movie.

Learning how to self-regulate and enhance Heart Rate Variability can be an enjoyable and fascinating practice.

The purpose of this practice is to align and integrate the power of Qi (in Japanese “ki’) with Unconditional Love.

The antidote to getting stuck is Flow. A major source of frustration for me, and no doubt millions of others, is the blockage of creative energies.

This is one of the most powerful Chinese basic energetic practices. I find it an instant way to create synergy with a giant tree.

Wisdom, Integral Resilience, and Synergy are emergent phenomena, which means they are non-static and part of a larger process.

You have an source of inner wisdom that is available to you whenever you seek its counsel. It is a natural guide.

What if it were possible to “step down” the promethean creative energy of the great composers or other musical geniuses from all traditions directly into our cells?

Trust in your deep and living Connection with the generative energy that affirms the gift of your life.

This tool enables you in a few minutes to gauge your physical, emotional, perceptual, spiritual, and relational resilience.

Seeing the Big Picture is one of the attributes of Big Heart Intelligence. Seeing the Big Picture involves not only engaging your creative imagination.

The basic rule is that an effective Mission and Purpose is always in the world of the other party. It is not what you want.

The Action Log captures on one page the essentials of the Resilient Negotiation system. I urge that you prepare an Action Log in every negotiation that is important to you.

The central presumption of the Separation Hypothesis is that we are alone, separate, fragile, and vulnerable. This premise of Mind shows up in our attitude toward what we truly Need in life?

Every skillful negotiator seeks to understand the “Pain” of the other party. Pain is a source code of human behavior.

It is one thing to advise “Few Needs”, quite another to embody this precept. A prime manner in which this happens is how we unthinkingly Assume and Expect things.

Another way Need manifests in the unprepared negotiator is the untimely and unnecessary breach of your Integral Resilience Container.

Conserve your Resilient Negotiator’s Budget (Time (1) x Effort (2) x $$$ (3) x Creativity (4)). Paying special attention to your Negotiator’s Budget.

We cannot navigate wisely in the world today without acknowledging The Shadow Game and the Shadow Players.

In many negotiations the parties are not revealing their actual intentions, conclusions, or concerns, and it can be critical to go behind the mask.

Sun Tzu’s dictum, “Know Yourself, Know the Adversary” (i.e. the “Other”) is fundamental, but the great general philosopher doesn’t tell us how to know ourselves and how to know the other player.

Most people fear getting a “No” and that moves them into greater Need. In reality depending on how you negotiate it, a “No” can be your great friend and teacher.

Field Notes is where your Wisdom Practice meets the road. They enable you to track and to measure errors (“falling off”), wins, and recoveries.

This is the famous advice of the Zen Master Bukko to Hojo Tokimune, the young Japanese shikken or regent to the shogun.

In Homer’s Odyssey Mentor was a close friend of Odysseus, the wisest of the Greeks, whom Odysseus made the teacher and guardian of his son Telemachus, while Odysseus was waging war at Troy.

Transience is the central question of Buddhism and most other wisdom traditions.

Shikantaza is the simplest, in a way the most elegant Zen practice. It means simply sitting.

The classic error that Zen students make at the beginning is to try to “solve” a koan, as if it were some kind of intellectual puzzle.

A powerful stress remedy from a Tooist teacher.

Mu is the Ur-Koan, the foundation. This moment is Mu. Everything is Mu. Your and my essential nature is Mu.

All our concerns, worries, rivalries, fears, hopes, and all else in this rolling world are phantoms. What will put an end to this suffering?

This koan points us to our essential nature as the denominator in Yamada-Roshi’s formula. The key is to experience directly your essential nature.

Dizang asked Fayan, "Where are you going?"…

A monk asked Haryô, "What is the sharpest sword?"

The teacher said to the gathering, “If you get it the first time you hear it, you will teach the buddhas and ancestors.

Lingyun was wandering in the mountains and became lost in his wandering. He rounded a bend and saw peach blossoms on the other side of the valley.

Tôzan was unwell. A monk asked, “Your Reverence is unwell. Is there anyone who does not become ill?”

For those who want to explore more deeply, there is a wonderful collection of Koun Yamada’s teisho (Dharma commentaries) on the koans of the Blue Cliff Record and the Book of Equanimity.