Tag: oneness
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One Hand Clapping. It’s a Vibe
Introducing the new Greatfruit Zen Mind. Read time about 3 minutes. 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…
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A New Model of Reality: No Before, No After—Only Now, Vibing
The Final Article in the Series Regarding a New Model of Reality A shift is here. We’ve been exploring a new way of seeing reality, and today’s lesson marks a turning point. It’s a bridge between the old perspective and the new one. This article itself is highly emblematic of that shift. From here on…
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The Origin of Self-Awareness: The Mirror Cracks
Read time approximately 3 minutes. We’ve been building a new model of reality—steadily, one insight at a time.This article returns to the beginning.Or rather, the beginning of beginning: the origin of self-awareness. In Unfiltered Vision, we explored the old model—simple, but incomplete.It also introduced us to the concept of pure perception: non-dual, unbiased. Tao manifest. In More Than Two,…
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Patterns of Perception: Zen Drop 011
The Flannel Side of the Moon. Read time about a minute. The Devil wears Prada—The prism wears plaid.The fabric of the cosmos. The fabric of the hipster. Coincidence? What’s the point?A fair question.Who’s asking? Well, maybe the prism is the mind—bending clarity, adding patterns, creating narrative.Every beam contains a story. Maybe light isn’t broken: it’s…
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From Clarity to Conflict: The Five Phantoms of Ego
How distinction gives rise to the phantoms of ego—and the illusion of self is born. Read time approx. 6 minutes. We’ve already laid the groundwork. Unfiltered Vision introduced the nature of pure perception—non-dual and transparent. In our exploration of distinction, we saw how the unbiased separation of interwoven aspects of a single movement begins to morph into the…
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More Than Two: Distinction, Duality, and the Illusion of Conflict
Distinction and division are not the same thing. Duality gives rise to division and, more importantly, opposition. Zen teachings often warn of the imperfection of words. These warnings typically point to the limits of language when trying to describe what can only be known through experience. Sometimes, however, words can be just plain misleading. Let’s…
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The Sound of Awakening And The Cosmic Snooze Button
What is the sound of awakening?Each night before bed, we set the alarm. We enter a dream state. Then, abruptly, the sound wakes us up. Unless, of course, we hit the snooze button. As you read this, what you are experiencing is an analogy regarding a dream.Or are you dreaming of an analogy regarding a…
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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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Spontaneous Mind: The Paradox Of An Actively Passive Existence
I heard an interesting anecdote from former professional QB Hugh Millen. One day his teammate, hall of fame QB John Elway, gave him some simple but important advice, “You don’t want to be thinking out there. You just want to be reacting.” High level quarterbacking involves processing and acting. The margins of error are measured…
