An old Chan buddhist biker looking for the way. To me buddhist doctrine forces me to confront the world as it is and should be by my own action and inaction every day.

The more I indulge in Buddhist practice the more I realise I'm a very bad Buddhist. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, what I am sure is that my Buddhist practice forces me to examine myself and my actions. These days when I go into a meeting a few minutes beforehand I always seek a little moment of silence and ask myself am I in the correct time and place? Inevitably that question brings to light on all sorts of issues that are inappropriate and I try and put these aside. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't great thing is I keep trying and slowly over the years my days have become better and better.

I'm not a great philosopher or even a deep thinkers, what I am is a person who cares and I care about my impact on world and others.

I'm deeply interested in the ecology of the planet one of my hobbies is bush craft. Recently I have come across the work of a chap by the name of Mike Hands. He along with other eco-scientists has developed a way of stopping the slash and burn agriculture around the Amazon basin regrowing trees, saving the environment, feeding the poor and allowing the Amazon forest to grow back. He developed a process called Inga alley cropping. All you need is a few dollars and you can save the world, we could probably put a change to climate change. To my amusement it is a very Buddhist process it is simple direct and represents a middle path. While industry is running around like chickens with no heads trying to find the ultimate technological solution, all you need is a poor farmer, one bag of fertiliser and box full of seedlings.