Colleen Morton Busch

Author of Fire Monks

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Paperback release on the horizon

May 9, 2012 By colleenmbusch

Fire Monks will be out in paperback in June! I've just posted some new Bay Area readings on my Events page. Many summer and fall events are still in the works and will be added as they are confirmed. In April, fire monk David Zimmerman and I spoke at the International Association of Wildland Fire Human Dimensions conference in Seattle. It was a heartwarming experience to present to such a receptive audience of fire professionals. Lots of great people doing good work studying our complex relationship with fire and the landscapes it touches. San Francisco Zen Center is in the … [Read more...]

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Latest (and last for a bit) Huff Po blog

September 20, 2011 By colleenmbusch

...unless I find a way to blog from the wilderness... What Meditation Won't Do for You … [Read more...]

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New Huff Post Blog on Finding Time

September 14, 2011 By colleenmbusch

My latest Huffington Post blog on a meditator's expanded experience of time is here. The editors gave it a "How to" title, and it does end on a practical note, but it's not a checklist or a receipe. (As Suzuki Roshi once said--and one of my teachers, renowned Zen chef Edward Espe Brown likes to quote--"You cannot eat a receipe.") In the post, I offer my own experience of making peace with time through meditation practice. Bon appetit!   … [Read more...]

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Fire Monks is a KWMR pledge premium

September 13, 2011 By colleenmbusch

Tomorrow, KWMR Community Radio in West Marin will be airing an interview with me as part of their fall pledge drive and National Preparedness Month, from 10-11:30 am PST. And, they will give away free copies of FIRE MONKS as pledge premiums! I am working on posting one or two more Huffington Post blogs in the next couple of weeks. After that, it will be quiet on fire-monks.com for the remaining months of the year, as I'll be offline for three months of retreat--at Tassajara. Retreat isn't exactly the right word for a practice period, but more on that later... Mark your … [Read more...]

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Decisions, decisions

August 25, 2011 By colleenmbusch

“Good decision making is not a trait of the person, in the sense that it’s always there,” says a social psychologist in the recent New York Times Magazine article on decision fatigue. “It’s a state that fluctuates.” I agree wholeheartedly. Writing Fire Monks, I reached a similar conclusion. But decisions are not just the product of one person’s exertion of willpower. They are a complex combination of individual will and everything else—all of the environmental, cultural, social, and yes, biological factors also at play. We can all make “good” decisions—thank goodness—but … [Read more...]

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