Author Archives: Zareen

A long time ago, in the land of Zen, there were two monasteries who couldn’t get along. They were two different sects with different philosophies. They wouldn’t talk to each other and couldn’t agree. There was a long standing feud between these two ‘religions.’ These two monasteries, they each had young boys in their employ, …

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What’s it like to be fully alive? That’s really the question of this week’s Zen story on death. What that question is asking is: what’s it like to be enlightened? What’s it like to be awake? And the answer is, really, not that different than what you are doing now. The big difference A few …

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So this week’s Zen story is about death. But really, it’s about life. Are we all fully grasping our life potential? Are we living our lives? This is a life or death question. It’s an important question because if we are only living our lives partially, then we are using up resources without a full …

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Death This week’s Zen story is about death. A hot topic. Yes? I have a little thing here that I think that most people are not going to get, so I am interested in seeing your comments. You can comment on the Youtube video. What Happens When You Die? Soooooo… think about what happens when …

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A man once came to Sheik Faried and asked him, “What happens when we die?” Faried just laughed. He looked at him and said, “You have come to the wrong person. I don’t know anything about death because I’m alive. I’m not dead. I only know about life.”