For any readers familiar with Zen Buddhism the above phrase will be familiar: “Before enlightenment, chopping wood, carrying water; after enlightenment, chopping wood, carrying water.” When I was young and much more idealistic than I am now–and I am still an idealist!–I used to picture enlightenment as a constant state of bliss…perhaps even as anContinue reading “Chopping Wood, Carrying Water”
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Surviving an Abusive Country?
Most of you who have read my blogs or novels will know that I spent many years working as a prison chaplain in the US during the late 70s and early 80s. I was most affected by the three years I worked in a women’s prison in North Carolina. I would venture to say thatContinue reading “Surviving an Abusive Country?”
JACK N. LAWSON - author • speaker • trainer 