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Abstract

ZM: Yes, but a tree can grow back its leaves.</p><p id="db89">This was an autumn conversation, after a weekend with ZM, wherein I was contemplating amputation of my middle finger of my left hand, as a prophylactic measure to avert future disaster in the kitchen, or sailing.</p><p id="c298">You can read more about that here:</p><div id="68fd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/and-then-my-boob-exploded-5343b4864834"> <div> <div> <h2>And Then My Boob Exploded</h2> <div><h3>A True Tale of Mayhem and Destruction</h3></div> <div><p></p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*sPRJnwEccUkfuMi6VfBD5g.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="bbf2">This is a series.</p><p id="f9e8">Time travel — you choose, backwards, or forwards in time.</p><div id="37da" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/conversations-with-a-zen-master-61181bb2ced8"> <div> <div> <h2>Conversations with a Zen Master</h2> <div><h3>Modern Day Koan Musings #3</h3></div> <div><p></p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*FzgKeAbSFwwbmOge

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Essay

Conversations with a Zen Master

Modern Day Koan Musings #4

One of the beautiful oaks in the living space that I am guardian for. By Susan B.

ME: Look at that amazing oak tree. Isn’t it interesting how its really really green and really really brown at the same time?

ZM: It’s not brown, it’s red.

ME: Okay.

ZM: Well, it’s like that because of photosynthesis.

ME: Oh?

ZM: Yes, the tree chooses which leaves to turn. The red ones are all underneath. It’s about efficiency. The top layers can still photosynthesize efficiently. The under layers aren’t as efficient, so they are the first ones to change color and drop.

ME: Oh, that’s how I feel about my finger that’s 100% dead on my left hand.

ZM: Yes, but a tree can grow back its leaves.

This was an autumn conversation, after a weekend with ZM, wherein I was contemplating amputation of my middle finger of my left hand, as a prophylactic measure to avert future disaster in the kitchen, or sailing.

You can read more about that here:

And Then My Boob Exploded

A True Tale of Mayhem and Destruction

This is a series.

Time travel — you choose, backwards, or forwards in time.

Conversations with a Zen Master

Modern Day Koan Musings #3

Conversations with a Zen Master

Modern Day Koan Musings #5

Susan Brearley is a published book author, writer, editor, essayist, occasional comedy writer, and an accidental poet. She is currently working on her second book, a murder mystery about an OCD detective, who’s been called a “young version of Monk”. She’s a retired systems engineer and salesperson from IBM, a serial entrepreneur, and a survivor of a stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer since 1995. She’s also working on her US Coast Guard Captain’s license, has her US Sailing keelboat certification, and is the creator and elder teacher of a new program, “VisionQuest” that mentors and teaches adults of all ages how to create the life they were born to live. She is currently based in the mid-Hudson Valley, New York.