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Zen and Meditation

How To Know Your Job As A Human

March 5, 2020 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

We get stopped, so many of us, because we don’t trust ourselves. We don’t trust our own natures to guide us. Instead, we keep our focus on our desires and goals and then get frightened we won’t get them. Concentrating on our worries, we ignore the constant guidance given to us in each moment.

Filed Under: Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality and Personal Growth, Zen and Meditation

To Help Others, Give Yourself A Break!!

February 28, 2020 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Want to be kinder and more loving to others? You have to stop beating yourself up about not being loving to others. Start by being more loving to yourself!

Filed Under: Happiness and Life Satisfaction, Spirituality and Personal Growth, Zen and Meditation

The Questions of Life

February 18, 2020 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

“The sun in the sky shines everywhere, why does a cloud obscure it?” Kong-ans (koans) are word puzzles which are used in the Zen tradition of which I am a part to help us deal with the conundrums of life. If you can penetrate the conundrums presented to you by your teacher, then maybe you […]

Filed Under: Happiness and Life Satisfaction, How To Be Alive, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality and Personal Growth, Zen and Meditation

What If We Are Actually Screwed?

January 30, 2020 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

What if we accept that our existence really holds no meaning? What if agree that the planet is really past the point where we can help it? Might that then free up our energy to actually help?

Filed Under: Happiness and Life Satisfaction, Purpose and Meaning, Zen and Meditation

The Purpose Of Life–Part 2

February 28, 2019 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

The purpose of life is to find the seed of your own compassion and then to help grow that seed in others, says Zen Master Soeng Hyang. My daughter agrees…

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Dealing With So Much Conflict In Life And Society

July 24, 2018 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

What if, in conflict, we thought as no person is our enemy? What if it is misunderstanding, extreme desire and anger that cause poor behavior? Then, are not misunderstanding, extreme desire and anger are our only enemies? So if we want to stop conflict, shouldnt we reduce misunderstanding, extreme desire and anger?

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, Spirituality and Personal Growth, Zen and Meditation

What would meditation bring you?

February 8, 2018 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

What might meditation bring you? I don’t know. It is for you to find out. But here is a post of what a recent retreat brought me and some meditation instruction that will help you find out what meditation would bring you, too.

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What Should We Do About Our F’D-Up Lives And World?

January 11, 2018 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Acceptance is a strangely loaded word. Self-help gurus sometimes say that if we accept things then we won’t try to change them. Social justice advocates sometimes say that if we accept the world as it is then we won’t take the actions necessary to bring about true justice. We need our fear, anger and discontentment, people say, to motivate us. But what if there is something better?

Filed Under: How To Be Alive, Spirituality and Personal Growth, Zen and Meditation

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