Category: Zen Drops
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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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BeToKnow: Zen Drop 24
Read time 1 minute. BeToKnow is a stand alone article in our BeToKnow series. The only way to fight a metaphor is to bring a bigger metaphor… It’s an odd collection of articles, this BeToKnow series. No rhyme.No reason. Just this abstract, amorphous through-line—BeToKnow. Devo:Conceptual art. What happens when you go beyond speaking “your truth” and start living it?Better yet,…
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Be Kind To Karma: Zen Drop 023
Read time 1 minute. Be kind to karma. It’s the only karma you’ll ever need. So karma’s a bitch, huh?Well, that’s one way to greet the universe.Let’s call it… a choice. The Germans have a word—schadenfreude—taking pleasure in someone else’s misfortune. Maybe if English had a word like that,we wouldn’t be so quick to call…
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Only LOSERs: Zen Drop 022
Read time 1 minute. Only Losers is a stand alone article in our BeToKnow series. (nothing to defend, nothing to prove, nothing to win) LOSERs Some view life as a game.(He who dies with the most toys… still dies, nonetheless.)And so they’re caught up in all of this winning and losing. But you don’t win at freedom.Freedom is…
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Keep It Simple, Gorgeous: Zen Drop 017
Read time 1 minute. The beautiful simplicity of Zen practice. You’ve probably heard:“Keep it simple, stupid.”Which is… charming, I guess.But also—pretty harsh. I mean, really:“I’m trying to keep it simple, Jerko.You think I like making things more difficult?” And bingo.There it is. Because most of the time, it’s not the task that’s difficult.(Okay—a lot of the time.)It’s…
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Don’t Burn Out. Glow: Zen Drop 018
Read time 1 minute. Avoid burnout by aligning and flowing with what is. The moon is not ablaze.It reflects.That doesn’t make it lesser.That makes it inexhaustible. It gives off light,but only because it’s in the right position.It doesn’t strain.Or shine by force.It shines by facing the source. That’s alignment. No grind.No burnout.Just presence,and a clear view of…
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You’re So Awesomeness: Zen Drop 019
Read time 2 minutes. Awesomeness isn’t something you become—it’s a field you inhabit. Next time someone says, “You’re awesome,”you might think:Really? That’s it? That’s all you got?I mean… don’t say that out loud. That’s kind of a dick move. But seriously—“Awesome” doesn’t even cover it.You’re not just awesome. You’re the whole damn field of super-awesomeness itself.…
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It’s Firing Your Boss: Zen Drop 21
Read time 3 minutes. What is Zen? It’s firing your boss. We just want to show up, do our best, and enjoy life. At least most of us do. But then there’s—well, you know the type. Like Bill Lumbergh in Office Space. The passive-aggressive, coffee-cup-holding manager. “Yeahhh, I’m gonna need you to go ahead and…” Or how…
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Fuhgeddaboudit: Zen Drop 20—The Undeniable Presence of No One in Particular
Read time 1 minute. When you let it go and fuhgeddaboudit, you embody the undeniable presence of no one in particular. I seem to have forgotten something.I have to remember. What did I come in here for?What was I about to say? It’s on the tip of my tongue. What is this nagging feeling?I just…