“Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.”- Shunryu Suzuki Routines can help to calm and steady us. And when we are calm and steady, and know what to do (and so don’t need to spend time thinking about it), we can still our minds and allow ourselves to [...]
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