Category: Videos
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Oh, Good… More Opinions
Watch this short on YouTube Opinions are everywhere. Let’s focus on our own for a moment. We move through the day quietly sorting everything we encounter. Most of the time we don’t even notice we’re doing it. The mind has an opinion about almost everything. The weather. The traffic. The person ahead of us in…
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A Rose and Impermanence
Watch this short on YouTube Roses have petals. Roses have thorns. They bloom. They fade. That’s the arrangement. We pick a rose. Put it in a vase. Admire it. As it becomes wilted, we cast it aside. A rose is one of the few things we’re perfectly willing to enjoy while knowing it won’t last.…
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The World Cup Explained
Watch this short on YouTube The World Cup has come to North America. Interesting game. They chase a ball around all afternoon only to kick it away once they get it. We spend a surprising amount of our lives trying to get what we love. Once we get it, many of us instinctively hold on…
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The Workout Makes You Stronger. What You Add Makes It Harder.
What story are you adding that is making your experience more difficult? What happens when you notice? This mindful exercise practice can open the door to a new relationship with your workout and your mind. Exercise provides a clean testing ground for mindful training. Consider it a two-for-one. You work out the body, and you…
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Breathing In… Breathing Out… One Movement
Read time 1 minute. A uniquely subtle but important reframing of breath awareness practice as movement and transition. Breath awareness practice. The foundation of mindfulness.There are many methods. Here’s one you might not have considered. Something simple: Forget counting breaths.Forget inhale.Forget exhale. Forget the names entirely. Consider, instead, the qualities within a breath. Pressure.A subtle…
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Regret—Loss Disguised as Living
Read time 1 minute. Regret pretends to teach. This article does too. Regret—Loss Disguised as Living is a stand alone article in our ongoing Goth Zen series. We distrust darkness. We imagine something is hiding in there.Or we villainize it as if it were synonymous with demise. We’re told: To meet the moment you must stop running.We’re rarely…
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The Spirituality Problem— How To Avoid Endless Seeking
Read time 2 minutes. A quiet reflection on what often gets called “spiritual seeking.” The spirituality problem isn’t about presence or enlightenment, but the habit of standing outside our own lives, watching and trying to fix them Do you sometimes feel like an outsider in your own life?Do you find yourself struggling to feel complete?…
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Silence is the Loud Unamplified: Zen Drop 25
Read time under a minute. What does it mean to hear?What does it mean to be quiet? There is no empty.No nothing.Not really. So what does it mean to be silent?Noise rises and loops.It fights and feeds on itself. Feeds the senses.But what isn’t loud can’t be heard.Not even softly—just steady.Unrelenting. You only recognize itwhen you…
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Everyone Meditates: A Different Way to Understand Meditation
Read time 2 minutes. Meditation isn’t something you add to life. It’s what happens when you stop interfering. Do you meditate?Everyone meditates.Just not in the way we might think. If you’ve ever sat with a decision instead of forcing it—if you’ve ever let an idea breathe—if you’ve ever watched something unfold without touching it—you were…