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Zen and Simple Presence
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Zen and Simple Presence — Zen Principles

This entry is part 10 of 12 in the series Zen 101
Zen and Sim­ple Pres­ence — wak­ing up is not all that hard to do, but it does require pay­ing atten­tion, which many find… hard to do! What is sim­ple isn’t so simple.
Zen and Emotional Balance
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Zen and Emotional Balance — Zen Principles

This entry is part 9 of 12 in the series Zen 101
Zen and Emo­tion­al Balance–there’s noth­ing “Zen” about block­ing emo­tions. In fact, Zen is all about being real, which means being elegant–including with your emo­tion­al expression. 
Zen and Karma
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Zen and Karma — Zen Principles

This entry is part 8 of 12 in the series Zen 101
Zen Prin­ci­ples: Zen and Kar­ma — kar­ma is not a sys­tem of rewards and pun­ish­ments, or even a “what goes around comes around” phi­los­o­phy. It’s a state­ment that all things are inter­re­lat­ed, and results have causes.
zen and clinging
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Zen and Clinging — Zen Principles

This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series Zen 101
Zen and Cling­ing — Cling­ing is what caus­es suf­fer­ing, or so said the Bud­dha. This idea is not so hard to under­stand, until we are… well… suf­fer­ing. Then, we just want it to be over. And that’s how we go off the rails.
zen and innocence
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Zen and Innocence — Zen Principles

This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series Zen 101
Zen Prin­ci­ples: Zen and Inno­cence — find­ing a place of child­like inno­cence allows us to inter­act with life, rather than ana­lyze it.
Zen and Clarity
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Zen and Clarity — Zen Principles

This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series Zen 101
Zen Prin­ci­ples: Zen and Clar­i­ty — learn­ing to see clear­ly is key to cre­at­ing peace and focus. Zen offers us many oppor­tu­ni­ties for clear seeing.
blue xmas
Zen Ideas

Blue Xmas

Blue Xmas — The hol­i­day sea­son is a high stress time, due to our inabil­i­ty to say no. We might best explore oth­er, more sim­ple approach­es, and let go of the drama.
zen for the holidays
Zen Ideas

Zen for the Holidays — 10 Tips

This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series Zen 101
Zen for the Hol­i­days is a col­lec­tion of hints and tips for dial­ing down the dra­ma and being present dur­ing try­ing times.
self responsibility
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Zen 101 — Self-Responsibility

This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Zen 101
Self-respon­si­bil­i­ty is hard, as we live in a time when blame is much more pop­u­lar. Nonethe­less, Zen is all about self-responsibility
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