dharma and pro....yesterday before i went to work, i bought "the complete idiots guide to zen living". i have the e-book but i enjoy reading the book so much that i wanted a hard copy. anyway, i took the book to work with me so i could read it on my lunch break instead of watching t.v. or something else mindless. i had the book on my desk and my supervisor came up and said "zeeen living? whats that?" as soon as i said "ZEN buddhism, meditation, stuff like that." this chic removed her hands from that book like it was the textbook of satanism 101. she walked away and i continued to do what i was doing. she came back and sat beside me and said "god said you shouldnt put any other god before him." the look on my face was priceless yo. i gave her the "what the fuck did you just say to me?" face. anybody who has seen me, knows that face. i am sooooo tired of christians, not just black christians, all christians, acting like anything that isnt related to the bible is of the devil. i went on to explain to her that i am not a buddhist, although i read a lot of books by the dalai lama and about zen. i am not a christian. i go to church because i enjoy going, not because i believe its going to get me closer to heaven. i am spiritual, not religious. i dont feel that any one religious group is the chosen group. you notice that every religious groups outside of buddhists think they are the only people that will be in heaven? religions divide people, not the most high. just because im studying zen doesnt mean im not going to heaven and just because you go to church every sunday doesnt mean you are going either. zen isnt a religion any damn way. its a way of life and thinking. stop being so fuggin scared of shit you dont know about. if you dont know, READ. knowledge is free...go to a library. damn sheep. then this broad had the nerve to say "i was going to take yoga but somebody told me that it had something to do with religion." *sigh* at that point, i gave up. again i say, READ. yoga has nothing to do with religion yo. it amazes me how many sheep there are in the world. too lazy to educate themselves so they can form their OWN opinions about the world. its easier to conform. well, i refuse to conform and i refuse to be a fuggin sheep. fuck your opinions and fuck your existance. nobody lives my life but me. *gettin off my soapbox* next...today me and my sissy walked to this new trail that was built a street over from where i live. i thought it was going to be lame, to be honest. the part we walked was about a mile long. its kinda like a nature trail. you are surrounded by trees and you can hear the creek beside the path. i dont know what made the city to decide to build it through the hood but i dig it. hopefully, it wont rain tomorrow and i can take some pictures. its the perfect place to take photos. expect a link to my flickr page soon. anyway, i even walked my dog through the path. i let him run free and his stupid ass rolled in rabbit shit....or at least i think it was...i wasnt tryin to smell it. when we came home i gave him a bath and gave him all of my buffalo wild wings bones so needless to say, he is a happy dog right now. my calves feel like shit but other than that, im good. im going to commit myself to walking through that path more often. its a nice walk....just to let everything that is going on in your life go and just focus on the scenery. it made me feel like everything that was on my mind was mundane. my sister wants to start running through there. im not sure about all that but i will walk. i gotta walk before i run, lmao. thats enough for now. in a minute.....peace and spirituality....prolific out.