Category: Zen Seeds
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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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Lenore | Who Dis? (Self-inquiry Revisited)
Read time 2 minutes. You can dig around the archives for a traditional take on the practice. Or you can dig into today’s monologue and see what Lenore has to say on the matter. Self-inquiry Revisited is a stand alone article in our Goth Zen series. Dig it. In “Just a Little Peace,” we explored…
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Just a Little Peace | A Greatfruit Meditation
Read time 2 minutes. A short meditation for when your mind refuses to cooperate. Just a Little Peace is a stand alone article in our BeToKnow series. You don’t need a quieter mind. You need a bigger cathedral. There’s a voice in your head.“In your head?”Says who? And that voice…Sometimes loud.Sometimes subtle.Always offering commentary no one asked for.And…
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Beware or Be Aware?—ButterflyInstead
Read time 2 minutes. ButterflyInstead is a stand alone article in our BeToKnow series. The grind.It’s how we make progress, right?It’s how we “get ahead.” Like a caterpillar inching. The grind repeats you.But its absence scares you. ButterflyInstead Like a moth to the flame Light promises the way,and we chase it—calling it clarity.An irresistible attraction. But artificial…
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Maybe Karma’s Not the Bitch Around Here
Read time 2 minutes. Karma—Is she a goddess, or just a girl named Karma? Either way, the phrase “karma’s a bitch” hardly seems appropriate. Whenever a defendant loses on Judge Judy, they always say the same thing:“It is what it is.”As if everything is completely out of their control. Sure, stuff happened while I was walking my…
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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…