Tag Archives: Zen
Monday Mechanics
“No-thing without mind. No-body without breath.” While you are sitting behind your computer, driving in the car, or simply waiting for something to happen today, remember to sit up straight, open the chest, and breathe deeply. Engaging your breath allows the the body to accomplish what the mind has set out to do. When you […]
Something worth pondering #3
When is transformation complete?
The Symbolism in Stars
With our eyes drawn upward, we seek. We find that which we seek. We grasp and it disappears. We fear not having. We desire to have again. Point to point we wander.
Living Intentionally
The more aware I become of my situation, the more room I am finding for intention. When I say intention I mean consciously pursuing or seeking. Everyone behaves in a manner of seeking. Some seeking is the result of addiction, some are unconscious desires, and others are actively pursued for an end result. The anxiety that insecurity brings, the expectations brought upon us, […]
Starting the Conversation
“The electrifying shine of luxury, the stranglehold of habit, and the ease of indifference binds a narrow vision.” I’ve continued to hold onto the desire to reach a larger audience because the current state of conversation is appalling. Things can be better, easier, and more accessible. The trap we often find ourselves in is one […]
Every Breath
Through the consciousness of logic we are able to extend ourselves beyond the point of reflex and mechanism. We extend beyond what we define as “animal” as the distinction between Pavlov and his dogs reflects. It is by logic and memory that we are allowed to function in this manner of expectation. Too often it […]
Amor Fati
“I praise, I do not reproach, [nihilism’s] arrival. I believe it is one of the greatest crises, a moment of the deepest self-reflection of humanity. Whether man recovers from it, whether he becomes master of this crisis, is a question of his strength.” – Friedrich Nietzsche How are we to devote our time as characters […]
Is it the fire or the flame?
Some words are certifiers and we like them. Closed, locked, stable. Life is not certain; infinitely incomprehensible. Frustration is not a state of equilibrium. It is disturbed; chaotic and restless. Is it not better just to feel warm?
B.W. 