Tag: Introductory
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The Spirituality Problem— How To Avoid Endless Seeking
Read time 2 minutes. A quiet reflection on what often gets called “spiritual seeking.” The spirituality problem isn’t about presence or enlightenment, but the habit of standing outside our own lives, watching and trying to fix them Do you sometimes feel like an outsider in your own life?Do you find yourself struggling to feel complete?…
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Everyone Meditates: A Different Way to Understand Meditation
Read time 2 minutes. Meditation isn’t something you add to life. It’s what happens when you stop interfering. Do you meditate?Everyone meditates.Just not in the way we might think. If you’ve ever sat with a decision instead of forcing it—if you’ve ever let an idea breathe—if you’ve ever watched something unfold without touching it—you were…
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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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The Bear: Season 4 Is Not-Not Zen—002
Read time 3 minutes. Season 4 of The Bear explores chaos, dissonance, and the search for balance. In season 4 of The Bear, the clock is always ticking down to zero—and never ticking at all. “I’ll see you tomorrow,” says Carmy.“Tomorrow is today,” replies Cousin. At one point, Philip K. Dick is arbitrarily quoted: “Everything in…
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Unfiltered Vision: Perception Merges Back Into the Perceived
Read time 4 minutes. Unfiltered Vision is the first stand alone article in our new model of reality series. In our last series we pecked away at the nature and causes of awakening. Today we shall consider the concept of unfiltered vision. We should always remember that our inherent tendency to view the world through the lens of…
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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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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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Acceptance As Awareness: Goldilocks Gets It Just Right
Read time 4 Minutes. Acceptance reframed as awareness. In the ongoing effort to simplify the teachings, acceptance seems—at first glance—like the simplest lesson of all. Familiar, gentle, obvious. Yet if taken too literally, acceptance can lead to confusion or frustration. I know it did for me in the early stages of practice. So let’s revisit…