Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, who is also an ordained Christian minister, continues her exploration of Christian parables and how they might apply for Zen practitioners. Jesus spoke, in the book of Luke 5:36-39: “And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.” Your life can be life-denying or life-affirming. You can be religious without being part of any organized religion. Being truly religious is an internal practice. Meister Eckhart’s mystical interpretation of the Biblical parables of the Virgin and the Christ. Whatever you do in work, do it with love. It’s easy to swing between love and hate. You become what you love, but you also become what you hate. Lola explores the meaning of Matthew 25:13 - “...always stay awake and be alert, because you don't know the day or the hour when the Bridegroom will appear.” Lola Dec 12, 1984
