I struggle how to strike the correct balance between mediated and unmediated experiences and reckon daily with how much time I spend staring at screens rather than into the eyes of other human beings.

From:
The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen

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Can you really trust your intuition—or are you just following a story?

Explore how Zen practice and the scientific method meet in real life: through observation, testing, and direct experience.

This isn’t about blind belief.
It’s about learning how clarity, presence, and focus reduce unnecessary suffering—moment by moment.

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Can You Trust Your Intuition? A Zen Test for Real Life

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Zen isn’t about what you believe. It’s not even about what you think. It’s about direct experience.

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How can you let go of thinking? How can you experience life without needing to conceptualize or label everything?

This is your koan for today.

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Everything changes—your body, your thoughts, your identity.
The more you cling, the more you suffer.
Clarity comes from letting go… and seeing your mind as it truly is.
Don’t just hear the teaching. **Experience it.**
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The mind isn’t a concept. It’s the source *before* all words.
Language can only point— you must walk the path yourself.
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In Zen practice, a “critical phrase” like *Who am I?* or *What is the mind?* isn’t meant to be answered. It’s meant to pierce through illusion. Let the question burn through distraction, until only boundless awareness remains. 🔥🧘 #Koan #ZenMeditation #WhoAmI #DirectExperience #Awareness
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Complete presence and focused attention can lead to an expanded awareness—what some traditions call infinite or eternal awareness. But this can’t be grasped through reason or analysis. It must be experienced directly.

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In this book I share insights, tell stories…, and invite you to deeply inquire into your own direct experience.
—John Prendergast, In Touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself
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