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“When you hear about no-self, don’t be sad. Thanks to no-self the entire universe is self.” —Yasutani Haku'un, 1885–1973

there is no creature in the cosmos more cosmic than you #zen

Your life doesn’t have to make sense in the same way that lines of code makes sense. #zen

The astounding courage of women in Afghanistan defying the totalitarian misogyny of the Taliban. The international response to the Taliban's grotesque oppression of women and girls has been shamefully inadequate, but I hope these women know how many beyond their borders stand in

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The inarguable hereness of things becomes more interesting than your ideas about them. Somehow, the world begins to beat its wings inside you. #zen #tao #meditation

While the stillness of meditation can at first feel forced and alien, something new, alive, and liberating begins to emerge. Because body and mind are fundamentally not two, the mind follows the body’s lead, and also begins to slow down.

While the stillness of meditation can at first feel forced and alien, something new, alive, and liberating begins to emerge. Because body and mind are fundamentally not two, the mind follows the body’s lead and begins to settle. #zen

You begin to notice how those meandering thoughts are ownerless, like trickling snowmelt that can't be netted or tracked back to some first storm. #zen

It becomes easier to keep company with the breath on its circular brushstroke, disappearing as it appears. It becomes easier to be here. #zen

And you might find that the morning breadcrumbs catching the sun on the tablecloth hold a kind of enchantment that makes you wonder if you know anything about beauty.  #zen