We are breathing around 20,000 to 25,000 times in 24h without knowing it or around 3.5 sec. from the beginning of inhale to the end of exhale. In fact, we are ignoring this function totally, and yet, besides being vital, breathing is also a miracle moment and a fantastic meditation-based spiritual practice used for the […]

FEAR: A Zen Perspective FEAR: A Zen PerspectiveBuddha soon after Enlightenment, stated some noble principles and the first one is that everything in thisworld is impermanent. Unfortunately, we are attached to these impermanent changing things/people, whichleads to our suffering. Fear is another word for suffering and it results because we are afraid of losing what […]

   “Beyond the material self” Is there more beyond the material world? This is probably one of the world’s oldest questions, and the answer is possible that no one knows for sure. In Zen, we talk about awakening, and some have argued that to be awake is to be aware of the full concrete reality, not […]

                                                    Listening to silence Have you ever tried to listen to the silence for a few minutes? If not, try, it because it is a wonderful exercise to teach your mind and body to rest, be still, and…quiet. When it is quiet outside it will become quiet inside                                                                     How to listen to “nothing”?                                                                                                                   Whenever there […]