The elephant story shows why the scientific method is such a great way to examine life. It’s a powerful way to examine reality because the scientific method insures you never have the opinion of one person becoming “the truth.” Everything is always up for argument. It is true that opinions of one scientist can become …
Author Archives: Zareen
The Seed of You
When you get the punch line of one of my zen stories, what is the part of you that gets it? What is that seed? That Youness. The “you” that gets it?
Confused About Elephants
The elephant story shows how easy it is for us to get confused if we don’t see the big picture. Especially if it’s really big. This speaks to our entire society too. If nobody sees the entire picture then it’s hard to know what an elephant is, to know what reality is, or to even …
Three Blind Men
There were three blind men and they come upon an elephant. They were trying to figure out what was. What is this thing? Each of them examined a different part of the elephant. One was feeling its legs and says, “Oh my gosh! It’s huge. It’s massive. It has really tough skin.” Another one was …
Living in the Moment is Bull
living in the moment is kind of bull really. Your mind’s not built to do that. Your mind is built to do way more important jobs. You can’t get out of the moment anyway.
This Weeks Newsletter: Rabia’s Needle
Rabia’s Needle and Ten Friends Counting Published: Sat, 05/06/23 Rabia’s Needle and Ten Friends Counting Last week we took a deep dive into some Navajo stories that show how to be a good human being. This week we…
Look where it is
Rabia was a mystic in the 1st century. All these years later we really aren’t any different. Rabia was trying to show the people in the village that you have to look for a thing where it is. You’re not gonna find it looking for it where it’s not. That’s exactly what non-duality is telling …
Spiritual Magic
Okay. We live in a time where we don’t really need spiritual magic, because we are already surrounded by so much magic like. For instance, you can fly. All you got to do is get on a plane.