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Some time ago, I had a chal­lenge: to tell my life story in 15 words. Ok, I cheated using pic­tures and quotes that rep­re­sented the 15 words, but I upheld the spirit of the challenge.If you’re curi­ous on the results, visit Zen and the art of pho­to­graphic story telling (avail­able in both Eng­lish and Span­ish).
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Zen Poetry: Play

by The Crazy Colombian on February 16, 2009

in Life, Poem

A beau­ti­ful poem that explores the nature of play

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Peaceful Simplicity: How to Live a Life of Contentment

by The Crazy Colombian on January 19, 2009

in How to, Life

Editor’s note: Today’s post comes to you cour­tesy of Leo Babauta, author of the famous blog Zen Habits. I hope you enjoy it!

Image: Clock– Sim­plic­ity vs. Com­plex­ity cour­tesy of Aaron Geller
This fan­tas­tic quote sum­ma­rizes some­thing that I’ve been try­ing to focus on recently in my daily life:
“What­ever the tasks, do them slowly
with ease,
in mind­ful­ness,
so not do […]

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Zen Poetry: Unusual times

by The Crazy Colombian on December 16, 2008

in Life, Poem

An unusual poem for unusual times

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WWhat hap­pens when you mix a lit­tle bit of ancient wis­dom with mod­ern legal tech­nol­ogy? You get a book that is not a book; a story told in pic­tures; an inter­ac­tive com­mu­nity where you are invited to share a bit of yourself.

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Ego, Good Spirit and Confidence

by The Crazy Colombian on July 3, 2008

in Reflection, Wise Advise

Today’s guest post comes to you from Christy Andron­i­cus, co-founder & Direc­tor of Suc­cess & You. In this arti­cle, Christy tells us about the nature of Ego, how to act from a place of good spirit, and the secret behind hav­ing con­fi­dence in yourself.

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Zen poetry: Samsara

by The Crazy Colombian on July 7, 2007

in Life, Poem

Six months
of Change
Six Months
of Suf­fer­ing
Six Months
of Love
Six months
of hap­pi­nessThe nature of Sam­sara:
to realise through daily life
of the empti­ness of ‘I’.
To live in all its glory
the teach­ings of enlight­ened ones
That noth­ing lasts,
All changes,
and we just are
rip­ples on a pond;
rip­ples that for­got
that we are all just water;
rip­ples that for­got
that we are all the same.
Just water in […]

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