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The Pain Paradox
Desire creates pain in our lives.
But living a life void of desire is equally, if not more, painful.
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Zen & Paradoxes
Being Zen is all about learning to live with ambiguity and paradoxes. Life is too complex to be understood using reason. The truth lies beyond words. But ...
What if we didn’t need an explanation for everything?
Zen Kōans, riddles that makes no sense, serve ...
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The Time Paradox
What we want changes over time.
But our deepest desires - to be loved, to be validated - never change.
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The Intensity Paradox
The more intensely you desire something, the harder it seems to attain.
If you don’t desire something with enough intensity, you never do what's required to attain it.
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The Risk Paradox
We desire comfort, security, and safety.
But nothing we desire can be obtained without risk.
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