presence Archives - Emily of Eden

Reconciling Compassion and Self-Preservation

By Emily|2023-11-09T08:39:14+00:00April 13th, 2018|Zone of Zen|

In Buddhism they believe in something called Bodhicitta, which is essentially the energy of compassion. The most enlightened folks are able to practice this state of caring and warmth towards all other beings all the time. For the rest of us, however, compassion [...]

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Finding Joy in a Job You Don’t Love

By Emily|2019-12-09T22:55:36+00:00March 27th, 2018|Life & Love, Zone of Zen|

So, yeah, jobcation obviously isn’t a real word. I made up this word a few years ago. I don’t remember the exact origins of the idea, but I believe it occurred something like this...

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Now

By Emily|2018-10-22T20:11:10+00:00February 9th, 2017|Magical Music, Zone of Zen|

Available on ITUNES Inspired by the teachings of Eckhart Tolle and the philosophical prose of Sartre, but be sure to crank up the bass... The "you" referred to in this song is not another person but the deeper self, as opposed to our [...]

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Cheers!

By Emily|2019-05-21T21:09:13+00:00January 10th, 2017|Life & Love, Zone of Zen|

While most people spent the last week of 2016 cursing it, lamenting all that has gone wrong in the world, and hoping for a better 2017, I was focused a bit more locally. During a recent extremely large earthquake centred near my hometown, [...]

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