Mind & Presence– category –
Exploring clarity of mind through attention, presence, and embodied awareness.
This category focuses on how mental states shift when thinking quiets and awareness returns to the body—through everyday practices rooted in Zen, tea culture, and lived experience.
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Zen Is a Brain State — And in Japan, This Is Already Understood
In many Western conversations, Zen is treated as something abstract.A philosophy.A spiritual ideal.Or a personality trait—being calm, unbothered, or emotionally controlled. But this understanding quietly misses something essential. In Ja... -
Why Steve Jobs’ Zen Actually Worked in Business
And Why It Was Never About Calmness Introduction Steve Jobs is often described as a visionary, a perfectionist, or a demanding leader.Less commonly understood is how deeply Zen practice shaped the way he made decisions—and why that influ... -
You Can’t Stay Calm Until You Notice Your Left Brain’s Automatic Thoughts
Many people want to feel calm. They try mindfulness.They meditate.They slow their breathing. But the moment daily life resumes, the mind fills again with worries, self-criticism, and imagined problems. This leads to a common frustration:... -
A Mindful State, Not a Mindful Moment
Why Mindfulness Doesn’t Have to Come and Go Many people believe mindfulness is something that happens only during meditation. You sit quietly.You focus on your breath.You feel calm—for a moment. And then life resumes. Emails arrive.Thoug... -
Zen Is Not Discipline — It Is a State of the Mind and Body
After understanding what Zen is not,a natural question follows: Then what is Zen, really? Zen is often imagined as something that requires discipline,years of training,or a special kind of mental strength. But Zen was never about endurin...
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