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How	to
to	live
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a	life
life	of
of	Zen
Zen	in
in	a
a	modern
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world	In
In	Insight
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and	Experience
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by	christine
christine	stonerOctober
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This	article
article	gives
gives	tips
tips	on
on	how
how	to
to	live
live	a
a	life
life	of
of	Zen
Zen	in
in	a
a	modern
modern	world
world	The
The	author
author	gives
gives	great
great	insights
insights	on
on	how
how	this
this	ancient
ancient	philosophy
philosophy	can
can	benefit
benefit	you
you	in
in	your
your	everyday
everyday	life
life	Serious
Serious	students
students	of
of	Zen
Zen	spend
spend	many
many	years
years	in
in	rigorous
rigorous	training
training	in
in	monasteries
monasteries	However
However	it
it	is
is	possible
possible	to
to	take
take	what
what	we
we	want
want	from
from	this
this	way
way	of
of	life
life	and
and	use
use	it
it	to
to	our
our	advantage
advantage	in
in	today
today	s
s	world
world	Our
Our	constant
constant	struggle
struggle	to
to	survive
survive	gets
gets	in
in	the
the	way
way	of
of	the
the	harmony
harmony	so
so	necessary
necessary	for
for	our
our	spirit
spirit	in
in	this
this	mad
mad	whirlpool
whirlpool	which
which	is
is	modern
modern	life
life	Zen
Zen	principles
principles	in
in	their
their	absolute
absolute	simplicity
simplicity	may
may	appear
appear	archaic
archaic	but
but	surprisingly
surprisingly	they
they	are
are	modern
modern	in
in	function
function	and
and	can
can	have
have	real
real	meaning
meaning	for
for	us
us	Most
Most	of
of	us
us	could
could	do
do	with
with	a
a	little
little	more
more	tranquillity
tranquillity	and
and	peace
peace	our
our	lives
lives	and
and	if
if	that
that	takes
takes	mindfulness
mindfulness	and
and	a
a	little
little	concentration
concentration	why
why	not
not	Here
Here	are
are	tips
tips	highlighting
highlighting	how
how	you
you	can
can	benefit
benefit	by
by	embracing
embracing	a
a	Zen
Zen	philosophy
philosophy	within
within	your
your	busy
busy	daily
daily	life
life	Deliberately
Deliberately	being
being	mindful
mindful	Mindfulness
Mindfulness	is
is	being
being	present
present	in
in	everything
everything	you
you	do
do	concentrating
concentrating	on
on	that
that	task
task	alone
alone	Staying
Staying	present
present	keeps
keeps	us
us	in
in	the
the	moment
moment	and
and	shuts
shuts	out
out	the
the	jumble
jumble	of
of	thoughts
thoughts	which
which	constantly
constantly	attacks
attacks	us
us	In
In	this
this	quiet
quiet	present
present	moment
moment	space
space	we
we	are
are	open
open	to
to	receiving
receiving	greater
greater	creative
creative	insights
insights	This
This	is
is	the
the	peaceful
peaceful	space
space	of
of	problem
problem	solving
solving	and
and	lateral
lateral	thinking
thinking	Gently
Gently	strive
strive	for
for	simplicity
simplicity	concentration
concentration	and
and	mindfulness
mindfulness	in
in	every
every	activity
activity	Single
Single	task
task	only
only	multi
multi	tasking
tasking	is
is	not
not	in
in	the
the	Zen
Zen	vocabulary
vocabulary	If
If	you
you	re
re	watching
watching	TV
TV	just
just	watch
watch	it
it	if
if	you
you	re
re	bathing
bathing	just
just	bathe
bathe	If
If	you
you	re
re	eating
eating	just
just	eat
eat	eating
eating	while
while	working
working	is
is	totally
totally	against
against	Zen
Zen	philosophy
philosophy	Do
Do	one
one	task
task	at
at	a
a	time
time	focus
focus	and
and	be
be	deliberate
deliberate	with
with	it
it	Giving
Giving	yourself
yourself	the
the	hurry
hurry	up
up	Try
Try	to
to	catch
catch	yourself
yourself	when
when	you
you	are
are	rushing
rushing	Rushing
Rushing	tasks
tasks	is
is	stressful
stressful	and
and	actually
actually	takes
takes	longer
longer	How
How	many
many	times
times	have
have	you
you	knocked
knocked	things
things	over
over	lost
lost	keys
keys	or
or	tripped
tripped	yourself
yourself	up
up	in
in	some
some	way
way	when
when	you
you	have
have	been
been	stressed
stressed	from
from	rushing
rushing	Mundane
Mundane	tasks
tasks	such
such	as
as	housework
housework	laundry
laundry	and
and	meal
meal	preparation
preparation	are
are	best
best	not
not	done
done	in
in	a
a	rushed
rushed	and
and	stressed
stressed	state
state	of
of	mind
mind	These
These	tasks
tasks	are
are	not
not	actually
actually	boring
boring	they
they	are
are	the
the	meditative
meditative	time
time	we
we	all
all	need
need	Actions
Actions	are
are	best
best	performed
performed	deliberately
deliberately	rather
rather	than
than	rushed
rushed	and
and	random
random	This
This	takes
takes	practice
practice	because
because	we
we	have
have	become
become	conditioned
conditioned	to
to	rushing
rushing	and
and	doing
doing	tasks
tasks	by
by	the
the	clock
clock	The
The	key
key	is
is	to
to	allow
allow	yourself
yourself	enough
enough	time
time	between
between	tasks
tasks	so
so	you
you	can
can	relax
relax	in
in	the
the	process
process	of
of	life
life	Why
Why	you
you	ask
ask	Slow
Slow	and
and	deliberate
deliberate	helps
helps	us
us	stay
stay	present
present	and
and	remain
remain	focused
focused	on
on	the
the	task
task	This
This	again
again	leaves
leaves	space
space	for
for	our
our	minds
minds	to
to	rest
rest	and
and	enable
enable	creative
creative	insight
insight	a
a	huge
huge	bonus
bonus	to
to	every
every	creative
creative	and
and	non
non	creative
creative	person
person	alike
alike	And
And	that
that	helps
helps	us
us	to
to	solve
solve	problems
problems	too
too	If
If	all
all	fails
fails	do
do	it
it	another
another	time
time	To
To	do
do	the
the	task
task	completely
completely	is
is	the
the	way
way	of
of	Zen
Zen	This
This	means
means	to
to	complete
complete	each
each	task
task	before
before	moving
moving	on
on	to
to	something
something	else
else	It
It	is
is	best
best	to
to	move
move	onto
onto	the
the	next
next	task
task	when
when	everything
everything	is
is	tidied
tidied	up
up	and
and	put
put	away
away	from
from	the
the	first
first	task
task	For
For	example
example	if
if	you
you	are
are	making
making	a
a	sandwich
sandwich	try
try	to
to	clean
clean	up
up	the
the	utensils
utensils	used
used	to
to	make
make	it
it	and
and	wipe
wipe	down
down	the
the	bench
bench	before
before	you
you	commence
commence	eating
eating	This
This	allows
allows	you
you	to
to	focus
focus	completely
completely	on
on	the
the	next
next	task
task	which
which	is
is	of
of	course
course	eating
eating	your
your	lunch
lunch	If
If	you
you	are
are	cleaning
cleaning	the
the	car
car	it
it	is
is	best
best	to
to	put
put	the
the	cleaning
cleaning	products
products	and
and	vacuum
vacuum	cleaner
cleaner	away
away	before
before	you
you	even
even	think
think	about
about	the
the	next
next	task
task	If
If	for
for	some
some	reason
reason	you
you	cannot
cannot	complete
complete	the
the	task
task	and
and	must
must	move
move	on
on	to
to	something
something	else
else	clean
clean	up
up	the
the	unfinished
unfinished	task
task	ready
ready	to
to	tackle
tackle	it
it	another
another	time
time	Leaving
Leaving	time
time	between
between	tasks
tasks	allows
allows	you
you	to
to	take
take	a
a	little
little	longer
longer	with
with	some
some	jobs
jobs	if
if	you
you	need
need	to
to	This
This	way
way	your
your	day
day	remains
remains	stress
stress	free
free	without
without	worrying
worrying	about
about	running
running	out
out	of
of	time
time	for
for	the
the	next
next	task
task	The
The	schedule
schedule	of
of	overcrowdedness
overcrowdedness	A
A	Zen
Zen	monk
monk	does
does	not
not	completely
completely	fill
fill	his
his	days
days	with
with	tasks
tasks	In
In	other
other	words
words	he
he	is
is	not
not	stressed
stressed	out
out	by
by	the
the	amount
amount	of
of	work
work	he
he	has
has	ahead
ahead	of
of	him
him	each
each	day
day	He
He	is
is	not
not	lazy
lazy	he
he	rises
rises	early
early	and
and	has
has	a
a	day
day	filled
filled	with
with	work
work	He
He	has
has	a
a	certain
certain	number
number	of
of	things
things	he
he	wants
wants	to
to	do
do	this
this	day
day	and
and	no
no	more
more	By
By	doing
doing	less
less	he
he	can
can	concentrate
concentrate	and
and	do
do	the
the	tasks
tasks	more
more	slowly
slowly	His
His	goal
goal	is
is	to
to	be
be	deliberate
deliberate	with
with	his
his	tasks
tasks	not
not	to
to	do
do	as
as	much
much	as
as	he
he	can
can	in
in	the
the	shortest
shortest	time
time	He
He	leaves
leaves	space
space	between
between	tasks
tasks	in
in	case
case	one
one	task
task	takes
takes	longer
longer	than
than	he
he	planned
planned	That
That	way
way	he
he	doesn
doesn	t
t	struggle
struggle	with
with	an
an	overcrowded
overcrowded	schedule
schedule	And
And	why
why	does
does	he
he	wish
wish	to
to	be
be	deliberate
deliberate	and
and	mindful
mindful	with
with	his
his	tasks
tasks	The
The	answer
answer	is
is	to
to	free
free	his
his	restless
restless	mind
mind	from
from	activity
activity	By
By	experiencing
experiencing	moments
moments	of
of	restfulness
restfulness	in
in	his
his	mind
mind	he
he	escapes
escapes	time
time	He
He	is
is	in
in	a
a	timeless
timeless	formless
formless	place
place	conserving
conserving	energy
energy	by
by	not
not	thinking
thinking	This
This	frees
frees	up
up	his
his	energy
energy	to
to	create
create	other
other	things
things	The
The	unrealised
unrealised	power
power	of
of	ritual
ritual	Zen
Zen	monks
monks	have
have	rituals
rituals	or
or	rites
rites	for
for	many
many	things
things	they
they	do
do	including
including	bathing
bathing	cleaning
cleaning	meditating
meditating	etc
etc	Creating
Creating	rituals
rituals	for
for	yourself
yourself	gives
gives	things
things	a
a	sense
sense	of
of	importance
importance	If
If	something
something	has
has	a
a	sense
sense	of
of	importance
importance	it
it	is
is	worth
worth	doing
doing	slowly
slowly	deliberately
deliberately	and
and	correctly
correctly	It
It	deserves
deserves	your
your	entire
entire	attention
attention	Think
Think	hard
hard	and
and	recognise
recognise	the
the	rituals
rituals	you
you	are
are	already
already	performing
performing	and
and	pay
pay	attention
attention	to
to	them
them	They
They	are
are	important
important	to
to	you
you	even
even	if
if	you
you	don
don	t
t	realise
realise	it
it	Otherwise
Otherwise	why
why	would
would	they
they	be
be	done
done	each
each	day
day	usually
usually	at
at	the
the	same
same	time
time	and
and	in
in	the
the	same
same	way
way	Rituals
Rituals	are
are	sacred
sacred	times
times	and
and	need
need	to
to	be
be	treated
treated	as
as	such
such	A
A	Zen
Zen	monk
monk	likes
likes	to
to	do
do	things
things	regularly
regularly	so
so	he
he	designates
designates	time
time	for
for	them
them	He
He	has
has	a
a	set
set	time
time	for
for	eating
eating	bathing
bathing	working
working	cleaning
cleaning	and
and	so
so	on
on	You
You	can
can	designate
designate	time
time	for
for	your
your	various
various	activities
activities	such
such	as
as	work
work	exercise
exercise	eating
eating	and
and	quiet
quiet	contemplation
contemplation	If
If	the
the	task
task	is
is	an
an	important
important	one
one	and
and	is
is	done
done	regularly
regularly	it
it	deserves
deserves	to
to	have
have	a
a	specific
specific	time
time	designated
designated	for
for	it
it	Our
Our	daily
daily	activities
activities	A
A	Zen
Zen	monk
monk	always
always	makes
makes	time
time	each
each	day
day	for
for	sitting
sitting	meditation
meditation	called
called	Zazen
Zazen	This
This	is
is	one
one	of
of	the
the	most
most	important
important	times
times	in
in	his
his	day
day	By
By	quietening
quietening	his
his	mind
mind	he
he	remains
remains	present
present	and
and	this
this	takes
takes	his
his	focus
focus	off
off	past
past	and
and	future
future	thinking
thinking	Activities
Activities	such
such	as
as	gardening
gardening	cycling
cycling	running
running	painting
painting	knitting
knitting	housework
housework	bathing
bathing	and
and	walking
walking	are
are	a
a	luxuriously
luxuriously	easy
easy	way
way	to
to	remain
remain	present
present	Ideally
Ideally	the
the	stilled
stilled	mind
mind	doesn
doesn	t
t	process
process	it
it	just
just	reflects
reflects	like
like	a
a	mirror
mirror	Christine
Christine	Stoner
Stoner	is
is	an
an	accomplished
accomplished	artist
artist	and
and	the
the	creator
creator	of
of	Zen
Zen	School
School	for
for	Creative
Creative	People
People	Her
Her	work
work	is
is	held
held	in
in	private
private	collections
collections	in
in	Australia
Australia	and
and	internationally
internationally	She
She	also
also	writes
writes	about
about	Zen
Zen	and
and	creativity
creativity	online
online	and
and	conducts
conducts	workshops
workshops	with
with	this
this	theme
theme	Christine
Christine	has
has	a
a	Diploma
Diploma	in
in	Visual
Visual	Arts
Arts	is
is	a
a	teacher
teacher	in
in	Brisbane
Brisbane	and
and	is
is	also
also	a
a	qualified
qualified	yoga
yoga	teacher
teacher	and
and	counsellor
counsellor	Christine
Christine	may
may	be
be	contacted
contacted	at
at	christine
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zenschool	com
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Press	enter
enter	to
to	Search
Search	Skip
Skip	to
to	toolbar
toolbar	Log
Log	In
In	Search
Search	Search