A little about ordinary things.

https://www.notzen.net/2025/03/not-even-not-zen-391-puthujjana-ordinary.html

https://www.notzen.net/2025/03/not-even-not-zen-390-samsara-flow.html

How did we get here? When a culture tolerates small amounts of corruption and accepts bribery as normal deal-making, we get there gradually, even if it appears sudden.

https://www.notzen.net/2025/03/not-zen-203-suddenly-not-so-sudden.html

Sometimes for an artist, gaining appreciation matters less than quality. Doing the job well can be enough. At the least, it may be enough to make the artist keep creating great works.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/03/not-zen-103-job-well-done.html

Property is not a universal concept. It must grow from place to place and from time to time. So we have grown to understand the concept of ownership must include responsibility for the consequences of it.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/06/not-zen-114-property.html

What you find on your journey depends on what you bring with you.

http://www.notzen.net/2012/08/not-zen-18-heavy-staff.html

Are good intentions without actions still good? Are they even intentions or should they be called something else, like good will?

Our true intents may be revealed our by actions. If the action looks the same from the outside, the intent might next be revealed by results.

https://www.notzen.net/2025/02/not-zen-202-mercy-release.html

The world is full of horrors and wars. And also wonderful people.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/03/not-zen-155-traumatic-stress.html

What we say about ourselves does more than reveal who we are. It may determine our eventual behavior.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/01/not-zen-144-self-narrative.html

The next mountain over from expertise is the one of mentoring.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/04/not-zen-157-next-mountain.html

You may not understand your full potential. Yet others may see it.

http://www.notzen.net/2012/10/not-zen-26-proper-measure.html