Simplicity / Clarity / Focus
You can use AI to make your art, to write your posts, essays and even books. You can copy and paste and pass off as ‘your own’. You can try to sound smarter than you are, you can lift the words and craft of others, should you choose to. You can choose not to [ ]
The Japanese have a word “Taizen (泰然) that refers to a state of being calm, composed, and generally unshakeable in spirit. The phrase signifies inner stability. Describing a person who can remain grounded, even when facing significant adversity or stress. As I relate to my own life, the mindset that I wish to craft [ ]
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“If you don’t know what you want, you end up with a lot you don’t.” — Chuck Palahniuk Herd Mentality / The Mass Market: AI; the pursuit of busyness; keeping up with keeping up; bigger is better; more of more What world are we optimising for? Polluting our planet; ravaging Mother Nature; mindless [ ]
You can only fight the way you practice. Miyamoto Musashi I am focused. I am committed to my path. I choose and accept full accountability. I will Give my all. I will taste defeat And learn from it. I will come back Stronger. I will let go Of [ ]
The answers you seek never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still, when silence speaks loudest. — Zen Proverb Busyness – an affliction too many of us are suffering the ill effects of. “I don’t have time” “I’m just so busy” “I’m too busy to [ ]
Out of chaos, find simplicity, From discord, find harmony. – Bruce Lee As a culture, we tend to run toward complexity. “More process….” “More structure….” “More steps….” “More inputs…” “More noise….” “More of more.” All are rallying calls of our times. But where does it [ ]
No dogma. No rhetoric. No gurus. Signal over Noise. Simplicity over Complexity. Focus over Busyness. Resolution over Conflict. Solutions over Problems. Ownership and accountability over Complaining. Give me something. I can believe in. Natural. Pure. True. poem: my own Subscribe // Books [ ]
“If there is anything Zen strongly emphasizes it is the attainment of freedom; that is, freedom from all unnatural encumbrances.” – D.T. Suzuki Remove the excess. Edit. Experiment. Refine. Simplify. Less stress. Less ambiguity. Leave space. Space to breathe. Space to think. Space to be. Less can be more. More [ ]
I have arrived, I am home Thich Nhat Hanh *A mantra Thich Nhat Hanh recommended to recite while performing breathwork practice or meditating The peace you seek, Is already within. The silence you need, Must be protected. The answers you strive for, Are closer than you know. Your energy [ ]