Tag: motivation
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SacredEffort: The Power of Devotion (When No One’s Watching)
Read time under a minute. Zen practice transforms all effort into SacredEffort. Ever wonder if it matters?If anyone’s watching? Some routines are just ruts.They disappear over time.But some…Some are sacred.You keep doing them even when no one thanks you.Even when nothing changes. Even when you’re questioning your faith. Because you remember what it means.And that…
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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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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…
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Abundance: Receiving Life In The Face of Unrestful Distress
Read time 5 minutes. Abundance is a stand alone article in our Blocked Energy series. Some weeks press harder than others. Noise in the world multiplies, and our minds run with it. Today let’s expand the meaning and definition of blocked energy. There is something we often overlook, though it never stops offering itself: abundance. Life, meaning,…
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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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Fearless Mind and the Advantage of Uncertainty
Read time 4 minutes. Fearless Mind is a stand alone article in our Who Am I series. Early in his book China Root, David Hinton suggests that Zen, “…demands a wild and fearless mind.” Just hearing these words is enough to stir something within us—an invitation to step beyond control and embrace the unknown. Cultivating a wild and fearless mind…
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Easing Inner Turmoil: Ride The Wave
Read time 3 minutes. Easing Inner Turmoil is a stand alone article in our Everyday Zen series. A Zen practice is not about eliminating every thought or silencing every emotion. It is aimed—indirectly—at easing inner turmoil. Three quotes say it best: “The mind is a beautiful servant, but a dangerous master.” — Sadhguru “…there is no such thing…
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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…