zennedpen : Writing

Poetry: The obsession escape was my outlet

Poetry: The obsession escape was my outlet

A Poem by zennedpen


Do not become so obsessed in your collecting, that you leave no room for life then, to enter your life, your collection. Be careful of obsession!
Poetry: I was all alone in my heaving sadness of great loneliness

Poetry: I was all alone in my heaving sadness of g..

A Poem by zennedpen


Love is so very powerful, but without the courage to love, we fall into a deep pit of saddened aloneness. Life is so sad, spent in your self alone.
Poetry: Anger and Love

Poetry: Anger and Love

A Poem by zennedpen


A short poem that says: Anger is nonacceptance of love. Let it go, and return to love. Anger never works. It just breaks the egg!
Poetry: Only love can remove the pain of pain

Poetry: Only love can remove the pain of pain

A Poem by zennedpen


Pain strains itself in us trying to hurt us. Strain it through love instead, and the pain will be dispersed. Pain is a strain on us without love to st..
Short Story: (A Zen koan) Who are you, when you are not being you?

Short Story: (A Zen koan) Who are you, when you ar..

A Story by zennedpen


A Zen master tests his students with a koan about themselves. The sun warms itself from itself too.
Zen story: A Zen master questions the words of another great master.

Zen story: A Zen master questions the words of ano..

A Story by zennedpen


No great master is ever so great that we shouldn't ever question his words, as this old Zen master does here. There is nothing wrong with applying you..
Senryu: The problem

Senryu: The problem

A Poem by zennedpen


Some things, it is good to love them to their death, like our problems, for example.
Senryu: Negativity

Senryu: Negativity

A Poem by zennedpen


A short poem about how to move ourselves away from negativity.
Senryu: What is death?

Senryu: What is death?

A Poem by zennedpen


A poem that purports to say that death is only ever just a part of life. Life is not a part of death.
Zen Story: A worthy answer proved the student was a worthy successor to the old master indeed

Zen Story: A worthy answer proved the student was ..

A Story by zennedpen


The old Zen master had already picked his most likely successor, but he did perform one final test. The would-be new master passed honourably, with hi..