“The truth is that the key to relaxation and finding inner peace doesn’t rely much on work, culture, or consumption. This should be a huge relief, since regardless of where you live, what you believe, or who you are, your stress is probably the result of one of the below factors... The world does…”Tagged: Daily Zen, How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy
“The truth is that the key to relaxation and finding inner peace doesn’t rely much on work, culture, or consumption. This should be a huge relief, since regardless of where you live, what you believe, or who you are, your stress is probably the result of one of the below factors... The world does…”Tagged: Daily Zen, How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy
“Individualized politics have not-so-coincidentally evolved alongside moral decline and a general lack of discipline among individuals. Alongside this shift in the political consciousness of the masses, many of whom have been taught to perceive themselves as entirely singular free agents in the…”Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness
“It’s a weird specific type of human arrogance to think that people can offset the great universal balance of positive and negative. It’s like trying to split an atom; we all know what happens when you do that. There are thousands of books out there trying to convince people that the secret to their…”Tagged: Daily Zen, How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy
“It’s a weird specific type of human arrogance to think that people can offset the great universal balance of positive and negative. It’s like trying to split an atom; we all know what happens when you do that. There are thousands of books out there trying to convince people that the secret to their…”Tagged: Daily Zen, How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy
“The more I’ve suffered in my life and also read the accounts of the sufferings of others, the more I’ve noticed a pattern. Those who seem to be supremely virtuous and heroic tend to take their sufferings in stride, as if they had no other choice. When they suffer, they suffer fully — they feel the…”
“It’s a weird specific type of human arrogance to think that people can offset the great universal balance of positive and negative. It’s like trying to split an atom; we all know what happens when you do that. There are thousands of books out there trying to convince people that the secret to their…”Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness
“A degree of attachment occurs whenever you stumble upon something you like. It could be something you find visually appealing, pleases you, or aligns with your perceived goals and purpose in life. Over time, people begin to associate their sense of purpose with the attachments that provide them with…”
“As soon as you fear losing someone, you dehumanize them. Remember: they don’t belong to you. No one belongs to anyone. Instead, be grateful for the presence of others in your life while they are around.”Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness
“Your mind can’t do its job if it’s filled with inflexible ideologies and judgments. A degree of emptiness is required to let thoughts come and go without letting them sit around and go stale. Meditation encourages this flow of ideas. Metaphorically, the in and out movements of the breath provide a…”
“The Western mind tends to have a really hard time adapting to the most important concepts in Zen. As a result, the type of Zen that is usually sold to large audiences is not Zen at all, but a sort-of goal-oriented New Age spirituality labeled as Zen. It is much easier to read a few books than it is…”
“Many people have a narcotic attitude towards suffering. It terrifies them and makes them uncomfortable and so instead of building a tool set for overcoming it, they aim to stifle it. The sheer popularity of entertainment, junk food, porn, video games and all these other modern distractions is…”Tagged: How To Think, Daily Zen, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy
“I like to say that meditating is the mind’s way of looking in the mirror and cleaning itself up. Except the mind won’t do this on its own volition. Just sit in silence with your eyes closed. Focus on the breath. Give your mind a chance to correct itself. Watch your life slowly transform into…”Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy, Daily Zen
“Instead of meditating to become better at your job, rid yourself of addiction, or solve some sort of problem in your life, meditate to meditate. The act of meditating every day will carry over into everything else you do. People find themselves magically quitting smoking, drinking less, fighting…”Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Daily Zen, Psychology, Philosophy
“Meditation allows us to rearrange the entire mental fabric of living. This makes perfect sense, since it’s been proven to change the brain chemistry of regular practitioners. The mind is able to recalibrate itself and focus on what really matters: present scenery and circumstances.”Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy, Daily Zen
“Human-as-machine analogies get shaky, but for the sake of all of this talk about ‘optimization’ let’s briefly forego all the weird dystopic sci-fi connotations and refer to ourselves as machines. We’ve got hardware — physical bodies. We’ve got software — psychological predispositions, subjective…”
“In the ebbs and flows of nature we often experience periods of profound happiness and excitement. This is the way of life. These are usually balanced out by periods of relative stagnation or even suffering; that’s part of life, too. Underlying both of these states is a peaceful core. This core is…”
“Instead of mopping up shallowly reductive ideas in the world and using them to inform our internal perspectives, we are taking our own deepest wisdom and applying it to our everyday lives. This is the spiritual journey. It varies for every individual. Don’t be a sucker for ideology; don’t assume…”Tagged: How To Think, The Person You'll Become, Think For Yourself
“The crux of it is this: meditation is hardest for the people that it is most useful for. What meditation combats in your mind is the same thing that draws you to meditation.”
“The scale of circumstance is not ‘happiness’ and ‘unhappiness’. There are a lot of ‘happy’ people in this world and a lot of ‘unhappy’ people, but this doesn’t matter. Chasing happiness rearranges your life so that you prevent yourself from taking the risks and enduring the suffering that’s likely…”Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy, Daily Zen