Learning to be Ordinary

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Learn­ing to be Ordi­nary  —  being ordi­nary is not bor­ing. It’s using our selves ful­ly, with­out com­par­i­son to oth­ers. It’s being present and con­tent, with­out com­par­i­son.  This top­ic is described in my book, Half Asleep in the Bud­dha Hall. You can read more about it here So, have you ever heard of “Place­hold­er The­o­ry”? As […]

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Zen Principles

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Zen Prin­ci­ples to Help You Live Life Bet­ter This arti­cle was great­ly expand­ed upon in my book, Half Asleep in the Bud­dha Hall Life Accord­ing to Zen Mas­ter Yogi Berra The fol­low­ing quotes are from one of the most Zen guys of the 20th cen­tu­ry  —  Yogi Berra 10. “It ain’t over till it’s over.” Most do not

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Ideas for Zen Living: 12 Presence Presents

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When you’re a Zen Guy like me, you’re con­stant­ly think­ing about, (and try­ing to enact) being present. The Hol­i­day Sea­son is rife with “things” we can dis­tract our­selves with. I decid­ed to send you a list of alter­na­tive ways of being, in the hopes that shift­ing gears might help you to deal with the hol­i­days more elegantly. 

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