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ZEN WRAPPED IN KARMA DIPPED IN SEX

Yesterday we had our first Zen and Sex lecture at Hill Street Center. There are three more to come, and everyone is welcome. The info is in the links section over to your left or right here.

Part of the discussion got into some of the matters discussed in my book ZEN WRAPPED IN KARMA DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE. But before we get into the sex talk, I want to share with you an email I got last week regarding that very book. Here goes:

Hey, I just read your Zen Wrapped... book. My name is Jen I am a...

MONTH-LONG ZEN AND SEX MONTH!

[image error] February is the shortest month of the year. It's Black History Month. It's the month when it rains in California. And at Hill Street Center in Santa Monica it's MONTH LONG ZEN AND SEX MONTH!!! (Thanks eMily)

That's right, starting this weekend I will deliver a series of lectures about Zen and sex. These lectures will be a warm up — or perhaps I should say "foreplay" — to the publication of my book SIN SEX AND ZEN in the Autumn of 2010. I've spent the past year writing and researching the matte...

DISTURB THE AIR TOMORROW, 2010 TOUR DATES

Get ready! Tomorrow is the BIG DAY when the download for my band, Dimentia 13's 1989 album DISTURB THE AIR becomes available. There's a link to your left for the Amazon download.

For those who want to hear a free sample of a bit of what the record sounds like click on the link below:

SAMPLER OF THE DISTURB THE AIR ALBUM

I put together a 5 minute MP3 containing samples of all of the songs on the album proper (but not the bonus tracks, which you also get with the full download).

Those of you who ha...

DISTURB THE AIR

In just a few days (February 2, 2010 to be exact) my album Disturb The Air will be available as a download from iTunes. Hooray!

This is possibly my personal favorite of the six Dimentia 13 albums, which will all be released as downloads this year. I say "possibly" because which one is my favorite depends on what day you ask me. Here is an on-line review of the album if you want to know what somebody else thinks of it. Please avoid the download they posted. It's crappy and what's worse, I don't...

FINNISH DOCUMENTARY

For those who have asked, here are a couple of out-takes from the documentary of my tour of Finland last Summer. The film itself is very different from these out-takes. It's much faster and funnier and cooler. But here is some of the stuff that didn't make the final cut:


MEDITATION VS. ZAZEN

Link for those reading on Facebook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNmdtl...


IS DOING ZAZEN BECOMING A BUDDHA?

Link for those reading on Facebook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1-6fz...


The filmmakers are ...

INVITING THE BELL

Before we begin today, I gotta show you something cool. This is the cover of the German edition of Hardcore Zen that will come out in March, 2010 fro Aurum Books. Neat, huh? I'm looking forward to doing some live gigs in Deutschland this year to promote this thing. Been listening to the German versions of the old Kraftwek albums (kindly provided by Christine – thanks!) to try and get a little of the language under my belt before I go.

OK. Now on to today's rant.

So the other day we're about to...

ZEN & YOGA RETREAT TOMORROW

Just so nobody forgets, we'll be having a day-long Zen and Yoga retreat tomorrow at Hill Street Center in Santa Monica starting at 10am and finishing at 3:30pm. The full info is at this web page.

The morning will be a full Yoga class taught by Nina Mikkelsen, an experienced Yoga teacher who also sits with our regular group a lot. Nina teaches mainly at Karuna Yoga in Los Feliz, but also teaches at a number of other centers and does private lessons and corporate Yoga classes in the LA area.

The...

Pat Robertson Says Stupid Shit. Hooray!

People have been forwarding me this video of the Rev. Pat Robertson stating that the recent horrific and deadly earthquake in Haiti was the result of a pact with Satan entered into by the Haitian people.

It's fucking hilarious. I understand why this upsets people. It should. But on the other hand, it just shows how Rev. Robertson continues to marginalize himself and make himself and his cause look more and more ridiculous. This, I think, is a great thing.

In the 80s I was really worried that gu...

BRIT HUME, ZEN & YOGA RETREAT, BUDDHISM & SEX LECTURE SERIES, MONSTER ATTACK TEAM and AGAINST THE STREAM

Before we get started, two things I gotta mention:

On Saturday January 16th starting at 10 am we will have our first ever Zen and Yoga retreat at Hill Street Center (237 Hill St., Santa Monica, CA 90405). Full info can be found by clicking on the words "Zen and Yoga retreat" above. We're still working on the actual schedule. I mean the date and starting time are fixed. But the schedule within the actual day might change slightly from what's listed on that page.

And in February I will do a serie...

TIGER WOODS MUST RENOUNCE BUDDHISM AND BECOME A CHRISTIAN

Here's an article (click here) you all might enjoy about how Tiger Woods ought to ditch Buddhism and become a Christian so that he can be forgiven for his sins. This was discovered by Rod Mead Sperry of The Worst Horse. What kind of Buddhist is Tiger, anyway? I mean, SGI? Pure Land? Tibetan? Zen...?

I'm not gonna comment much. Except that, yeah, Christianity does offer more forgiveness for sins than Buddhism, since in Buddhism there is no idea of sin to begin with.

I could probably go on & on a...