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Uncle Bob, Zen, and the Leftovers – A Micro Zen Practice
Micro Zen practice?It’s just this simple: MindfulRebellion Want the entire story? Read: Practice Takes Practice: Energy Awareness. Choose your own adventure:
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A New Model of Reality: No Before, No After—Only Now, Vibing
Read time 11 minutes. The final article in the series regarding a new model of reality. A shift is here. We’ve been exploring a new way of seeing reality, and today’s lesson marks a turning point. It’s a bridge between the old perspective and the new one. This article itself is highly emblematic of that
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Say Anything? Say Nothing—Say Everything: It’s Not-Not Zen #001
Read time 3 minutes. Played by John Cusack, Lloyd Dobler is a walking contradiction: still, emotional, unpredictable—and somehow timeless. Lloyd Dobler doesn’t want to buy anything, sell anything, or process anything.He just wants to be here. Now. With her. Meanwhile, the rest of Say Anything is full of people tangled in their own identity loops and trying
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The Nature of Ego: Echoes Without a Cause
Read time about 3 minutes. Explore the nature of ego, identity and reality. This stand alone article is part of our new model of reality series. What is the nature of ego?And what does Joseph Goldstein mean when he says,“…thoughts themselves are the thinker”? The 5 Phantoms of the Ego tells us ego is a mirage—a
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RebelWhisper: LouderThanThunder—Zen Drop 015
Read time 2 minutes. The meaning of RebelWhisper. How silence can be louder and more confident than noise. We’ve been throwing around these bold ideas: StartZenRevolution.AwakeWide.SelfDisrupt. Loud, aggressive words.Words that thump like a stone into a pond—and shatter the stillness. But don’t get taken in by the splashy headlines.The ripple is the story. Because all the while,we’ve
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AwakeWide: Zen Drop 014
Read time about 1 minute. AwakeWide into presence that expands without limit. Trying to be a Zen master?Trying to master the moment? Don’t master the moment—meet it.AwakeWide. No matter what you call the practice, that is the practice.Approach it. Embrace it. Enjoy it. Awareness alone does not guarantee transformation.But awareness takes you to the edge.When you get
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Silence Hears a Who: Zen Drop 013
Read time under 1 minute. Detached awareness in a playful little nutshell…. I don’t care? Who cares?The you who—that’s who.But who is this who—who keeps caring for you? “I’m done!” says the Who.“I’m detached!” says the air.But who said that line?The whom who’s aware. You can shrug all you want,you can huff, you can sneer.But the one who
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Practice Takes Practice: Energy Awareness
Read time 3 minutes. Learn a simple yet powerful energy awareness practice that helps you break the emotional feedback loop. Ahead lies a deceptively simple practice.But it only works if you’re willing—truly willing—to stop fighting what is.You don’t have to like what’s happening.You do have to stop arguing with it.Perhaps you find yourself struggling with
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Wake ’n Break: Zen Drop 012
Read time under 1 minute. Wake up with purpose. Wake up—and remember to forget. For one fleeting moment, everything is yesterday’s news—if you let it be.Anti-ritual is clarity. Catch the first thought before it settles.Break the rhythm before it starts.Steal your own thunder. Daybreak? Break something else while you’re at it.The alarm clock isn’t just