Wisdom
Essays on Buddhist and Taoist philosophy
3 AM, Can't Sleep? You've Been Asking the Wrong Question
3:17 AM. Fifth time checking the phone. Presentation at nine. Deck not finished. Heartbeat in the eardrums. Deep breathing, tried it. Counting sheep, tried it. "Just stop thinking" — tried that too. …
After a Decade of Searching, the Answer Never Appeared — Emptiness
Close the browser. Open it again. Fingers moving on their own. Nothing new. Same pages. You know what you're looking for — an answer, a direction, something that makes sense. You know you won't find …
The Toolbelt Gets Heavier While the Water Gets Lower — Dao
Add up the time you spent in the past year "figuring out life." Reading books, taking courses, filling notebooks, running the same thoughts over and over in your head. Then ask: did you figure it out…
Twenty Years of Criticizing Yourself — Did It Change Anything — Anātman
The voice is back again. Get it together. Why can't you just do it. You know this voice well. It always arrives the same way: first, feeling not enough effort was applied, then feeling there's somet…
Pushing for Nineteen Years — Did the Storm Change — Wu Wei
Write down the time and results from the past year spent on "effort." That project you worked until midnight on every day. That phase of weekly reviews and daily reflections. The outcome that never re…
Clinging for Nineteen Years — Have You Emptied It Yet — Double Emptiness
It took a long time to accept a fact: everything is assembled from conditions; nothing has an essence that belongs to it inherently. You got it. You felt you understood. Then you started grasping at…