Tag: faith
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Unconditional Trust: A Leaping Embrace Into Uncertainty
Read time 6 minutes. Unconditional Trust is a stand alone article in our series regarding paradox. Today we turn again to paradox. Specifically, the paradox of being and becoming, and how this dance reveals the deeper presence of trust. In doing so, we must also recall the earlier lesson of simplicity and complexity—because unconditional trust, like…
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Perfect Composure: An All-embracing Remedy
Read time 3 minutes. See how presence and perfect composure dissolve ego’s clouds, offering both daily relief and lasting transformation Some of us arrive at practice with a burning hunger for enlightenment. Others simply want to find a way through the difficulties of the day. Both positions are valid. Both are human. From the stance…
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Acceptance Without Compromise: Empowered, Confident Strength
Read time 5 minutes. Acceptance Without Compromise is a stand alone article in our series regarding Acceptance. We’ve spent a lot of time exploring acceptance, and it’s worth pausing to clear up one final misconception. Too often, people assume that radical acceptance turns us into pushovers. That if we accept what is, we are destined to…
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Faith Turbocharged: This One Goes To 11
In The Ineffectiveness of Willpower, I argued that committed practice—not willpower—is the most reliable path to transformation. Today I want to affirm that truth in a way that inspires us to live it. This is not about halfway measures. This is about Zen faith with the dial turned all the way up. Faith turbocharged. What…
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Letting Go of Illusion: An Invitation to the Present Moment
Read time 3 minutes. Letting Go of Illusion is a stand alone article within our letting go series. Sometimes I dream something bleak. A tragedy. A loss. A situation I don’t want to deal with. Then I realize—oh, I’m dreaming. And in that moment, everything lifts. Relief rushes in. The burden vanishes. Letting go of illusion feels a…