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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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Strawberry Fields Forever is Not-Not Zen
Read time 3 minutes. Find out what makes “Strawberry Fields Forever” so strange and emotionally familiar and discover “nothing to get hung about” as a mantra. This is a stand alone article in our BeToKnow series. John Lennon’s Strawberry Fields Forever: “That is—you can’t, you know, tune in—but it’s alright.That is, I think it’s not too bad.” How
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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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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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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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Big Misunderstandings
“All good” is not the absence of darkness —but the confidence to move through it. Because what passes away is never truly lost. There are magicians and there are those who show up to watch the magic act.Here’s the deal: Everyone who sees through the illusion is a magician. So which one are you? Follow