Having the intention to do morning zazen is good, but having the alarm clock across the other side of the bedroom is better.

J.D. Moyer, after he and his family spent a couple of month-long periods without artificial light after sundown:

Since the only thing we have in life is quality of our consciousness, and sleep deprivation so obviously and negatively affects the quality of our consciousness, it makes sense to prioritize sleep. Most people would agree, but almost nobody does dedicate enough time to sleep. Why? The ubiquity of artificial light.

Artist Peter Stults wonders how promo posters for popular films might look, had those films been made in another time and place.

Eihei Dogen:

If this one day in the lifetime of a hundred years is blogged away lost, will you ever get your hands on it again?