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#281 Daily practice of quantum Zen July 27th 19

Daily practice of “quantum Zen” Quantum physic studies the very very tiny physical particles. In the same way “quantum Zen” physic looks at the tiny tiny components of on-the-go Zen practice as opposed to its mega components such as formal sitting, walking meditations, koans and monthly one-on one interview between student and teacher. Tiny components […]

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#279 How to use our 5 senses to practice on-the-go-mindfulness exercises. July 14th

             How to use our 5 senses to practice on-the-go mindfulness exercises The practice of mindfulness meditation, regardless its quality, is cumulative as far its beneficial effects tat is how we perceive life and its content, how to experience the reality of the moment and how we are able to control our mind. Hoe often […]

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#278 : Stop being miserable in advance July 6th 19

                  Stop being miserable in advance Another way to say it would be:  “We should not try to be our own news maker with a mind-made 24h news channel, full of negativity”. It is well known among guru in media marketing that news content from the major broadcasting networks must be at least 75% to […]

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#277 The Impossible task June 29th 19

   The impossible task How often you are doing nothing or feel like it? The answer is simple: almost never because, as far the go is concerned, doing nothing will be unacceptable, detrimental to our  social and self image. Our ego believes that we are important and indispensible then, “Doing nothing” is impossible, sort of […]

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#275: The HIDDEN SOURCE of SUFFERING June 23th 19

  Hidden source of suffering The Sanskrit word “Dukkha” was poorly translated as “suffering”. “Dukkha” encompasses any negativity coming from life (I call it external negativity) and from our body-mind, that I call internal negativity) A small proportion of negativity is external such as accidents, disaster, lose of a loved one, separation, being fired, illness, etc; […]

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#274 WALKING: a detoxing step against burnout Sun. June 9th 19

                       Walking:  a detoxing step against burnout “Have a walk” is a good advice to someone who needs to cool down somewhat. Burnout has become the # 1buzzword over the last 10 years. Modern life doesn’t seem to be relaxing us or even care. Media are increasingly talking about anxiety, anger, fatigue, depression, etc. Self-help […]

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#273 IT IS NOT WHAT WE THINK Sun. June 2 19

                                                 It’s Not What We Think    One of the strangest mysteries of life is that people, events and things are, usually, not what we think they are.  Taking an analogy with a computer, each of our individual perception is triggered by zillion of gigabits  coming nonstop from the outside world. This is the […]

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#271 The GREATEST ILLUSIONIST is our MIND 26 May 19

                                   The Greatest illusionist is ...our mind Great illusionists are very skillful to mislead or falsely persuade us that what they are doing is real. Remember Uri Geller bending spoons few meters away or someone cutting a person in half while in a coffin. These shows are very entertaining but we know they are […]

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#270 ONLY ONGOING CHANGE is PERMANENT 19 May 19

Only ongoing change is permanent. Part 1 We like comfort and stability but resist and even fear the ongoing changes. It is probably liked to our 200,000 years evolution where search for stability is a default mode. The last words of the Buddha before dying from mushroom poison were: “Everything is transient. Understand, accept and […]

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