Read time about 3 minutes. Introducing the new Greatfruit Zen Mind.
Sometimes a phrase becomes a cliché in real time.
And sometimes, you still have to use it—because it’s just too perfect. So here we go:
Greatfruit Zen Mind: It’s a vibe.
(Ugh. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.)
Allow me to explain…
There’s an ancient Zen koan:
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
(If you’re flapping one hand in the air trying to make it clap—stop. You’re not vibing. You’re scaring people.)
Let me ask you this instead:
What does the echo of silence sound like?
Nothing? I’m not so sure.
What I am sure of: silence is not nothing.
Take sheet music, for example.
A rest note is written like any other note.
It’s played by not playing.
It is the act of not playing.
How about this?
If a tree falls in a forest, and there’s nobody around to care, did it make a sound?
Hmm, hard to say.
But one thing’s for sure: it happened.
And it’s a vibe, my friend.
It’s a vibe.
And we’re all that nobody in the forest.
How so?
Silence isn’t nothing.
You could say it’s a field of pure potential—
an empty vessel waiting to be filled with whatever your heart desires.
It is.
But it’s more than that.
What makes a sound a sound?
A wave is produced.
A receiver picks it up.
And it must be processed.
There is no sound without all three.
In this way, they are undeniably connected.
You’re not so different.
Ego is what happens when you slap a “Hi, my name is” sticker on silence.
Then it’s no longer a vibe.
It’s a Phil.
Or a Betty.
It’s the moment when we perceive a wave becoming a particle.
But it’s still a wave.
It’s one thing to understand that.
It’s another to live it.
To experience it.
Yes—even to vibe it. (I know, excruciating.)
This whole thing?
Just the illusion of thing versus no thing.
So go ahead—be a particle all you want.
Ain’t no shame in the shape.
But never forget:
You’re just going through a phase.
It’s a vibe, man.
You’re a vibe.
The message isn’t to sit around thinking of yourself as a wave.
That’s still only one half pretending to be separate from the other.
(I mean, there’s vibe—and then there’s “you’re vibing me out.” I’m just saying.)
The message is—play your rest notes.
Greatfruit Zen Mind is turning a page.
The teachings, the poetry, the humor—
all of it mirrors the message of today’s lesson.
In the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, the bagel is a vibe.
So is the googly eye.
The Beach Boys? Good Vibrations.
Erma Bombeck? “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.”
Paul McCartney? “Take a sad song, and make it better.”
Are you picking up what I’m putting down?
Short story long—
Take in these lessons.
Then take them from lessons…
to experiences.
Greatfruit Zen Mind: It’s a vibe.
(Ugh. There it is again. Yuck. And when did I have corn?)
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