Category: Zen Seeds
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Goth Zen and the Art of Melancholy: Living Disguised as Loss
Read time 2 minutes. The Art of Melancholy is a stand alone article in our ongoing Goth Zen series. We chase light.We idealize positivity as if it is synonymous with living. Meanwhile, every tradition whispers of balance, equality, and the middle way. There’s a feeling that washes in when summer turns to fall—a sense of satisfaction, of being…
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Goth Zen: Cleopatra Eyes—Drawing the Line Before Crossing It
Read time 2 minutes. Goth Zen isn’t costume worship. It’s the same instinct that made the ancients draw a sacred outline around the window of perception. Cleopatra Eyes is a stand alone article in our ongoing Goth Zen series. Goth Zen? Seems silly, right? Maybe.Until you realize that some rituals are as old as the pyramids. You know…
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Lenore: Black No. 1—Goth Zen Mind’s Hymn to Awareness
Read time 2 minutes. Lenore: Black No. 1 is a stand alone article in our ongoing Goth Zen series. Type O Negative’s iconic song Black No. 1 idolizes and mocks in the same breath. Steeped in goth culture, lead singer Peter Steele sounds in love.But perhaps, deep down, he knows he can never have her.So he teases and jeers—“She…
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Holding Your Breath For Unconditional Presence
Read time under a minute. Holding Your Breath For Unconditional Presence is an introductory article for our Spiritual Immersion series. Seed #1 — Waiting for Perfect We’re holding our breath.Waiting for the perfect moment.As if stillness will make it arrive. But life doesn’t wait with us.It moves on—slipping past the pause we’re clinging to. The…
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SacredEffort: The Power of Devotion (When No One’s Watching)
Read time under a minute. Zen practice transforms all effort into SacredEffort. Ever wonder if it matters?If anyone’s watching? Some routines are just ruts.They disappear over time.But some…Some are sacred.You keep doing them even when no one thanks you.Even when nothing changes. Even when you’re questioning your faith. Because you remember what it means.And that…
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The Space Between Yes an No
Read time under 1 minute. A micro meditation on the field of presence between decisions. What do Oh No and Oh Yeah have in common?The pause.The space from which either—or anything—is possible. Not the no.Not the yes.The space in between. That’s what we’re interested in. – Choose your own adventure:
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Rhett Butler—SexyIndifference OG and the Power of Presence
Read time 1 minute. Rhett Butler was the SexyIndifference GOAT, and that’s what made him iconic. He didn’t give a damn. Indifference has something extra on it.You can feel it. So can everyone else. And it repels. SexyIndifference doesn’t have that.It doesn’t try to be confident—it exudes it.It doesn’t try to be calm—it oozes it.It…