Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, asks how someone like Hitler could come to power. He was loud, and brash, and gave a secure feeling of strength to those who were insecure.

Lola recounts the tale of the Turkish teacher who travels to foreign lands and gathers quite a following. Until some Turks happen onto him and hear the nonsense he speaks. This, she says, is often how we talk to ourselves. We can deceive ourselves for years.

She also presents portions of an Ikkyu poem:

“The crescent moon

Becomes full, and wanes,

And nothing is left;

But still, there in the dawn,

The crescent moon!”

Lola discusses Jesus’ line from John 1:9, about the Light that cometh into the world… is the true Light that lighteth every man.

It is the light within us.

Mankind has, in a sense, fallen asleep to this inner  ...