“New Koans”

A Koan is a paradoxical question posed to a student as a subject for meditation, intended to help the student break free of reason and develop intuition in order to achieve enlightenment.

New Koans for 2022

“Why is getting out of our own way emotionally, getting in my own way emotionally?”

“Is Inertia inert or is it just at rest?”

“Without a frequency or wavelength, does a vibration vibrate?”

“Why does life happen to me and life occur through me?

“Are you conscious of your awareness or are you aware of your consciousness?”

“Do you weave patterns into fabric or do you weave fabric into patterns?”

New Koans for 2019

“What is achieved through practice is an accomplishment, not an attainment, why?”

“Why is Flow Inert”

“What is Flower Power”

“Why is Economics rarely economical”

New Koans for 2016

“Is a rite a right”

“How can I sub-consciously lose an unconscious competence”

“Why does what I wear out, wear out”

“Can I tirelessly fight tiredness”

New Koans for 2015

“Under what conditions is unconditional giving conditional?”

“Is the need to not need a need?”

“How can I not care (be care-free) without being uncaring?”

“Is my make up made up?”

“Which came first: The creator or the creation?”

“Is my personality personal to me?”

New Koans for 2014:

“Why is  formality not always a formality?”

“Why is normality seldom normal?”

“Why has ethicality become unethical?”

“Why is intuition counter-intuitive?”

“How can I survive without ever being in danger?”

“How can I surrender without ever being defeated?”

“What is an empty mirror full of?”

“When I go within, what do I go without?”

“Why do I need to go backwards in order to go forwards?”

“Is it better to receive what is acceptable or to accept what is receivable?”

“How can I feel what I can’t feel?”

“How do I know what I can’t know?”

“How can I see what I don’t see?”

“How can I hear what I’m not listening to?”

“How can I have a thought without thinking it’s a thought?”

“How can I not care without being uncaring?”

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