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Tag: doubt

Featured Poetry

Diana Button – At the Watering Hole

August 17, 2025August 16, 2025 Nicholas Trandahl

Unity and connection are the revelations inherent in "At the Watering Hole", a poem by spiritual poet Diana Button.

Tagged Buddhism, connection, doubt, illusion, inclusion, oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Self, self-doubt, UnityLeave a comment
Norma Wong
Book Bits

The Leap: Norma Wong on Leaving the Safety of What We Know

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Vanessa Able

Norma Wong's rousing call to courage is not the absence of fear, but "what we are about in the face of fear and doubt."

Tagged act, aim, Courage, doubt, hawaii, jump, spiritual activism, unknown, WisdomLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Jo Matthews – And what about prayers

February 11, 2024February 8, 2024 Nicholas Trandahl

In her powerful three-part poem "And what about prayers", poet Jo Matthews explores the potential and constraints of prayer and faith.

Tagged doubt, faith, God, healing, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, prayers, praying, religion, SpiritualityLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Christie Gardiner – Faith, perhaps

December 17, 2023December 14, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

In Christie Gardiner's "Faith, perhaps", she shines the yellow-green glow of fireflies on the struggle to retain holiness in one's life.

Tagged battle, doubt, faith, God, holiness, Poem, poet, Poetry, sacredness, Spirituality, war1 Comment
Olivia Sudjic
Book Bits

A ‘Difficult’ Disease

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Vanessa Able

After releasing her debut novel, Olivia Sudjic found herself coming under intense scrutiny as a writer, an episode that contributed to her falling into a spiral of anxiety and self-doubt.

Tagged alienation, Anxiety, doubt, exposure, invalidation, self-doubt, WritingLeave a comment
Boshan
Book Bits, Chinese Texts

Boshan and Fostering Great Doubt

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Vanessa Able

Doubt is a key incentive of the spiritual journey, and, as per the old adage 'Great doubt, great awakening', it is foundational to the enquiry of Zen.

Tagged Chinese Zen, doubt, faith, intellect, Meditation, supression, truthLeave a comment

TOP POSTS

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  • John O'Donohue - Beannacht / Blessing
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  • Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer - For When We Greet Each Other
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  • Lucille Clifton - why some people be mad at me sometimes
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  • Nietzsche on Why It Is Also Important to Forget
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  • Mary Oliver - To Begin With, the Sweetgrass
    Mary Oliver - To Begin With, the Sweetgrass
  • Issa - This Dewdrop World
    Issa - This Dewdrop World
  • Pablo Neruda - The Sea
    Pablo Neruda - The Sea

- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • A Year of Kō: 8th Sekki
    8th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, ELLIOT DIAMOND AND JOSEPH PALMER
  • Sarah Reichert – Divine Struggle
    Colorado poet Sarah Reichart shows how kinetic and arduous the search for faith can be with her poem "Divine Struggle".
  • Lawrence Bridges – Trees of Ojai
    Poet Lawrence Bridges once again shows readers of The Dewdrop how Zen simplicity and awareness can be a sacred thing.
  • A Year of Kō: 7th Sekki
    7th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, FRAN SCOTT and ELLIOT DIAMOND
  • Francis Weeks – Taho Buddha
    "Taho Buddha" by poet Francis Weeks is a minimalist poem which explores a pivotal moment in Nichiren Buddhism.

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