https://www.notzen.net/2025/03/not-even-not-zen-390-samsara-flow.html

#samsara #flow #notzen #buddhism

How did we get here? When a culture tolerates small amounts of corruption and accepts bribery as normal deal-making, we get there gradually, even if it appears sudden.

https://www.notzen.net/2025/03/not-zen-203-suddenly-not-so-sudden.html

#notzen #buddhism #stoicism #corruption #bribery #culture

It's a weird poem about parenthood, I know.

https://www.notzen.net/2015/06/not-even-not-zen-7-secret-society.html

#notzen #taoism #family #parenting #poetry

Sometimes for an artist, gaining appreciation matters less than quality. Doing the job well can be enough. At the least, it may be enough to make the artist keep creating great works.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/03/not-zen-103-job-well-done.html

#notzen #zen #taoism #nature #isolation #mywork #zensunday

Property is not a universal concept. It must grow from place to place and from time to time. So we have grown to understand the concept of ownership must include responsibility for the consequences of it.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/06/not-zen-114-property.html

#notzen #nature #property #selfishness #samsara #ownership #land #environment #buddhism #dao #taoism

What you find on your journey depends on what you bring with you.

http://www.notzen.net/2012/08/not-zen-18-heavy-staff.html

#notzen #zen #buddhism #taoism #zensunday

Are good intentions without actions still good? Are they even intentions or should they be called something else, like good will?

Our true intents may be revealed by actions. If the action looks the same from the outside, intent might next be revealed by results.

https://www.notzen.net/2025/02/not-zen-202-mercy-release.html

#notzen #zen #buddhism #mercy #release #fish #fishing #native #ceremony

No matter how noble the goal, you can't stand in awe of it. You've got to treat it irreverently enough to know intuitively it is achieveable.

http://www.notzen.net/2013/01/not-zen-43-contempt-needed.html

#zen #notzen #buddhism #taoism #teaching #learning

There is a brilliance beyond the bounds of human competence - which is good, because as a group we so often exceed our bounds.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/10/not-zen-130-incompetence.html

#notzen #mywork #dao #taoism #organization #priority #focus #zensunday

Our minds fill in the gaps of our senses. Our brains create reality and reveal our biases. We must pay careful attention, sometimes, to how we pay attention.

http://www.notzen.net/2016/01/not-zen-179-attention.html

#notzen #buddhism #psychology #philosophy #meditation #attentionbias

What we say about ourselves does more than reveal our opinions. It determines our behavior. Tell yourself a good story about you.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/01/not-zen-144-self-narrative.html

#notzen #taoism #buddhism #narrative #mywork #visualization #zensunday

You perceive what a dog is thinking. You understand a bee, a crab, or a raccoon. And they know you.

We are connected.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/12/not-zen-141-logos.html

#notzen #taoism #stoicism #nature #mywork #empathy #zensunday

We may be loving and merciful out of the kindness of our spirits. But it is practical, too. Kind deeds may return to us. They can fill the whole world, even in bitter times.

https://www.notzen.net/2012/01/not-zen-2-mercy-in-summer-when-land-was.html

#notzen #mercy #dao #taoism #love #nature

The Dao and Zen capture a fundamental truth, each in their way. Does is make any difference if you feel your accomplishments are transitory? If your good deeds are an illusion? You do them anyway, even though there is no 'you.' This is your path, even if there is no coming or going.

http://www.notzen.net/2013/04/not-zen-53-on-way.html

#notzen #taoism #buddhism #zensunday

Maybe you showed someone the way, once. But that's not all the guidance needed. Your job isn't done.

http://www.notzen.net/2012/12/not-zen-36-nature-of-job.html

#taoism #teaching #notzen #parenting #guidance

All Tribes

The world nurtured you as a child. And what do you give back in return?

http://www.notzen.net/2014/04/not-zen-108-not-me.html

#notzen #daoism #community #cooperation #selfishness #mywork #buddhism

When you haven't lived in the present moment, when you've looked ahead and caused yourself fear, don't fight it. Breathe deep. Enjoy the moment.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/09/not-zen-173-anxiety.html

#notzen #taoism #stoicism #buddhism #anxiety #panic #fear #anticipation #meditation

There is no virtue in arguing to prove one's cleverness but there's no virtue in ignorance, either.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/02/not-zen-148-immunity.html

#notzen #taoism #nature #disease #immunity #vaccination #laotze #zensunday

It's time to choose a path.

Not Zen, Story 96

#notzen #buddhism #daoism #life #choice

This title is metaphorical but incident is fairly recent. As an example of restoring and maintaining a better environment, this seems hopeful.

Not Zen: Not Even Not Zen 370: Biomythography - Note 108: Werewolves of Bethesda • https://www.notzen.net/2024/10/not-even-not-zen-370-biomythography.html
#environment #wolf #coywolf #coyote #notzen #mywork

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#buddhism #zen #notzen #humor #venndiagram