1 min readThe Man Who Wouldn't Put Down the Stone
On carrying what no longer needs to be carried.
Inspired by Tao Te Ching
Peace
Peace is rarely the absence of trouble. In almost every tradition it arrives as a change of posture rather than a change of circumstance — a loosening of the grip, a widening of the view.
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1 min readThe Letter She Didn't Send
On doing the work and releasing the answer.
Inspired by Bhagavad Gita
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1 min readThe Monk Who Swept the Same Path
On doing the thing that will need doing again tomorrow.
Inspired by Zen
1 min readThe Carpenter and the Crooked Tree
On the part of you that doesn't fit.
Inspired by Tao Te Ching
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1 min readThe Gardener Who Stopped Pruning
On the difference between tending and forcing.
Inspired by Tao Te Ching
Swipe for more
These stories come from teachers who lived through war, exile, plague and ordinary heartbreak, and still insisted that the mind could become quiet. Read one slowly.
Traditions represented here: Tao Te Ching · Bhagavad Gita · Buddhism · Stoicism · Upanishads · Zen