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SelfDisrupt: Zen Drop 004
Read time 1 minute. SelfDisrupt is a call to action. Do the work. If yo want peace, deserve it. Each day, we are bombarded by a storm of negativity and destructive forces—and so we seek shelter.Our solution: construct a mental fortress. But what is the true nature of this confinement? Is this a castle or a prison?Is this comfort or dull…
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Lightbulbing: Zen Drop 003
Read time 1 minute. Lightbulbing is a playful take on the nature of being. Today, let’s talk about lightbulbing. (No, I didn’t bump my head.) Consider a lightbulb. Is it the bulb, or is it the light? It’s gotta be the light. But the bulb has form. It is tangible—we can see and hold it. Therefore, it’s real. So…
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Micro-Awakenings: The Rhythm of Letting Go, Again and Again
Read time 2 minutes. An exploration into micro-awakenings. Create a gap and allow clarity to emerge. This stand alone article is part of our series on awakening. Is it possible to achieve something without really doing anything? What if resolving a problem didn’t involve coming to any sort of resolution? We’re conditioned to believe effort is…
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Be Here Now: Zen Drop 002
Read time 1 minute. Presence is a part of everything. Be here now to experience it. These 3 little words are seemingly everywhere: Be Here Now…. The mind knows the words. But knowing is not being. Be: No doing. No becoming. The foundation. The Is-ness. No more. No less. Here: Feel the space around you, free of…
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Everything Happens: Zen Drop 001
Read time about 2 seconds. Can we go from ‘everything happens for a reason’ to simply, ‘everything happens?’ People love to say, “Everything happens for a reason.” But nobody says, “Shit happens for a reason.” They just say, “Shit happens.” And they’re right. Deep shit happens. It’s completely unreasonable. Greatfruit Zen Mind: No-BS (BS happens.)…
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Peak Experiences: The Suddenness of Seeing
Read time 2 minutes. When you create gaps in the noise, peak experiences come in and fill them. This stand alone article is part of our series on awakening. That moment when nature swallowed you whole. Breathtaking. It was more than your breath that was taken. That moment when the music struck like lightning. Timeless. It…
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A Taste of Awakening: The Moment That Everything Changes
Read time 2 minutes. Mini-awakenings teach us and provide motivation. This is the first stand alone article in our series on awakening. We begin life in ignorant bliss. But then, one day—on a walk, sitting on the porch, lying in a blooming meadow—something shifts. In a flash, it washes over us, unexpected and undeniable. Clarity.…
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Stillness and the Path To Transformation: The Butterfly Cause
Read time 2 minutes. In this article we explore the benefits of embracing quietude and stillness. Caterpillars, butterflies and transformation. This metaphor is a bit tired, a bit worn out. It needs, yes, some new life. There is a bridge between the old and the new, the familiar and the unknown. That bridge is not…
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Silliness: The Wisdom And Presence Of Playfulness
Read time 4 minutes. Silliness as presence. Lately I’ve been hearing a car commercial with Elaine Stritch singing “Are You Having Any Fun?” Maybe you’ve heard it too—it’s hard to miss. The song is striking in its playfulness, but also loaded with wisdom: “Are you having any fun… laughs?” Or the sharper question: “Who cares for what you’ve got if…