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Embody the basic flips of Zen Leadership from transforming problems to creating a desired future. Discover ZL1 - May 15
Welcome! We’re happy to share with you some of the wisdom of our community. Get to know us better and add your voice.
Jen Ayres writes about her zen training and how it helps with the "bleeding from the eyes" problem.
Jeff Nytes invites us all to become bodhisattvas. This way of being could have a great impact on us all.
Here in the UK, the past ten days have seen an extraordinary outpouring of grief and sadness following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. During my own life, I have promised to serve the Queen on two occasions.
Our days are usually filled with so much doing that stopping is difficult and must be intentional. Sometimes, however, pauses are thrust upon us often through no fault of our own, but through an accident or illness, the pause comes. For some of us COVID was this pause, but for others, we only got busier.
But, for those singular moments when my legs would gain speed and every part of my body would move further and further forward, gaining momentum – I knew what it was to feel connected to all, connected to my true self, connected to nature, connected to something bigger than what I thought of as me.
On my kitchen windowsill is one of my grandmother’s orchids. I brought it home after she passed away earlier this year as it wasn’t faring so well without her particular care and attention - I understood how it felt. Although I’m still a newbie gardener and have zero experience with orchids, it started to revive and I felt the joy of her presence again.