Author Archives: Zareen

How often do you think of others? You know, we’re talking about spirituality here. But when I hear about “the search” it’s almost always about, “What can I get?” What sort of bliss can I get? What sort of power can I get? How can I integrate my male and female so that I’m a …

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Zen helps us explore ourselves with stories. The human mind operates on stories. We are all crazy because we have been given ridiculous stories since birth. So, one of the best ways to wake up is to rewrite the story. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5N9Q8N3

What does reality want me to do? That would be a good way to ask what to do next? Even to ask for help in what you need to do next. As I’ve said before, praying to the universe or asking, “What does the universe want me to do?” is a cop-out. The Universe doesn’t …

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We can use the word self to mean two different things. It can be the enlightened self, the one who is seeing and being. Or it can be the unenlightened self, caught in the ego. Sometimes these two meanings are designated with a big S or a little s. If I was the one who …

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Living in presence means you can’t pretend. Actually that’s kind of the secret to everything. You can’t pretend, and if you want to live in presence, live in the present moment, live with your presence fully alive, it simply means that you can’t pretend. You can’t come at it through your fixed belief systems, so …

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Being united in mind body and spirit. That’s self-mastery that’s knowing who you are.