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This is a short introduction to Zen and me. I have no formal Zen training, I have arrived at Zen along a different path. Much in Zen matches my own experiences which is why I use Zen as a reference.
There are Hardcore Zen and Zen Lite. Over at Taoism.net I found What is Zen? which [...]
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I have read the book What is Zen? by Alan Watts. The book contains a selection of Alan’s talks and the four parts are about:
• A simple way, A difficult way
• Zen reconsidered
• Space
• Zen mind
I like the book, it is easy to read yet it makes you think and feel. My purpose with buying the book was to [...]
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I have been browsing around blogs and also doing comment surfing, reading a comment in one blog and then checking that persons blog. It is interesting to see where one ends up when just going with the flow.
One of my favourite blogs is Zen Habits, it has to be in a post about Zen-related blogs.
Goodlife [...]
I got this quote in one of my Daily Forwards Step:
Don’t be hard like a rock, be soft like water. Ultimately the soft wins over the hard. Be like water, soft, flowing, at ease. The hardness inside will eventually be reduced to sand, and the rock will completely disappear.
Lao Tzu
What areas of your life do [...]
I was recommended to watch the Peaceful Warrior movie (IMDB) which has a site of its own at The Peaceful Warrior. The plot can be found at Wikipedia.
I decided to instead get the book the movie is based on, Way Of The Peaceful Warrior. The author Dan Millman is a former world champion athlete, university [...]
While surfing around for harmonica information I came across David Harp and an article at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. The article is titled Zen and the Art of Harmonica which sounds really interesting to me. This means I can combine my new harmonica with my interest in meditation and mindfulness.
The article starts like [...]
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Howard Lederer has written an article about poker and Zen.
There are four basic stages that a player must pass through to achieve poker mastery:
1. Beginner’s Passion
2. The Student Emerges
3. Expert Level is Achieved
4. Poker, One Hand at a Time
Read the full article at [...]
