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Pay Attention to the Rep
I go to the gym.
I ain’t trying to be Mr. Olympia or something, in my mid 50’s. That ship has sailed, docked, unloaded its cargo, and probably been converted into a waterfront restaurant by now. Actually, that ship never existed…I digress…...
Look Under Your Own Feet
Life is a constant practice of paying attention.
At least, that’s what life has been teaching me.
So much of Buddhist practice seems to involve energy.
Not energy in our imagined sense. I mean the energy we actually experience.
Don’t ge...
In Relationship With
Sesshin is meant to break you.
Mentally. Physically. It’s fucking challenging. It’s designed to be.
Maybe Sesshin isn’t meant to break you so much as it creates conditions in which some of the things you use to hold yourself together beco...
The Stories the Body Keeps
As I prepare for summer sesshin, I’m packing more than robes and a rakusu. I’m packing everything my nervous system has learned to carry.
I practice with a predominantly white sangha, and sometimes, I’m the only black person in the room, a...
What Is Actually Here
I’ve always been fascinated by the kōans that make me laugh.
Not because they’re jokes.
But because they expose something about the way my own mind works.
They reveal how quickly I become convinced that I’m seeing reality exactly as it i...
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Fugan DT Washington—illustrator. Zen practitioner living with a rare disease (aHUS). Learning to stay present with what unfolds. I use AI for brainstorming, drafting, editing, and proofreading. The perspective and insights are my own.
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