September 2008
The Archives
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09.29.08How to Slash Through Your Problems Like a SamuraiBy Seamus Anthony We all face plenty of problems in life, but most of them can be overcome if we take to them like a Samurai takes to battle with his sword. Be Objective If you let your emotions over ride you, then you set yourself up for failure. Use your mind to pierce to the heart of the problem, making sure to recognise any hang-ups you may have that may cloud your judgment. Ask others around you to give you an outsider's perception into events; it is often amazing how influenced we are by our own preconceived ideas about any situation. Find Out ...
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09.25.08Snoozer and the Old DudeBy Seamus Anthony Once a young man called Snoozer sat dozing in his favourite spot at the bottom of a great mountain. All of a sudden he was rudely awakened by a foot poking him in the ribs. “Hey man! What’s up?! Snoozer demanded. He looked up through sleepy eyes to see an older man grinning down at him as if he had just thought of an extremely funny joke. “I’ll tell you what’s up – the answer to all of your prayers, that’s what!”, chuckled the old man. “What are you talking about, Old Dude?” Snoozer asked, not really wanting to know. Just what ...
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09.24.083 reasons why NOTHING is the most productive thing you could ever doBy Steve Mills For most of our daily life, we are completely saturated with ideas and messages that do not originate from ourselves. Walk down the street and you are bombarded with advertisements, sit down on the internet and you are quickly mind boggled by the sheer amount of content available. The modern world has provided us with access to information that would be beyond the wildest dreams of someone even 20 years ago. The paradox is with access to so much information about other things; we have become detached from a large amount of knowledge and wisdom about ourselves. There are ...
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09.24.08Healing Your Worries in the WildernessHere's three great personal development articles that are worth a look: How to Climb Up the Ladder of Healing and Growth Ari Koinuma gives us a short and a long version of this post. Having the attention span of a gnat, I went for the shorter version first but in fact the full essay makes more sense (although if I were Ari, I'd steer clear of calling something an essay, makes the schoolboy in me want to run a mile). The concept he is exploring is that we are at any one time set to a default state-of-mind that appears on a scale ...
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09.24.08Why You Will NEVER Achieve EnlightenmentBy Seamus Anthony You will never, ever achieve enlightenment. I will never, ever achieve enlightenment. The Buddha did not achieve it. Nor did Jesus. Nor did Mohamed. Nor did Lao Tzu. Nor did Osho. Nor did Alan Watts, Thomas Merton, Krishnamurti, Chogyam Trungpa, The Maharashi, Rudolf Steiner, Douglas Harding, Mother Theresa, Brad Warner, Deepack Chopra or Eckhart Tolle. In fact nobody in the history of the world has ever achieved enlightenment. And nobody ever will. How can I say this? Because enlightenment is not something you achieve, it's something that you realise. That might just be a little nit-picky matter of one word, but I believe it makes a lot of ...
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09.22.0810 Reasons Why Being a Lazy Dude is Actually a Good ThingBy Seamus Anthony I have always been a very Lazy Dude, and in fact I come from a long line of them. But the way I see it, laziness is in fact a Godly virtue. Here's a few reasons why: 1) Lazy People Are Good For the Environment: Lazy Dudes consume less. It makes sense: if you are too lazy to earn the big bucks, and too lazy to enjoy the (dreadful chore that is) shopping, then you just get by without a lot of stuff and this makes you an eco-warrior. Put it this way, we need to stop using so much energy ...
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09.22.08The Tao of Enlightened ConversationSteve and I have been trying to define what Rebel Zen is all about and one thing we want to convey is that it's not just meant to be a mega-phone for what we have to say, but rather what we really want is to be part of the conversation. Ok, that sounds like a bit of a Web 2.0 cliche I admit, but nevertheless it's true. Our reason for starting this website was to help others to see that there is so much information out there now that everybody who is seeking what we loosely call "Enlightenment" can truly 'do it ...
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09.19.08Are You A Rebel Zen Master?By Seamus Anthony Have you noticed a shift in the personal development world lately? I have, and I know I'm not alone. I believe there's a quiet movement on the rise that straddles both the worldly "success" field and the spiritual "enlightenment" field. We're a movement of connected individuals who DO want powerful tools for personal advancement in this life - but aren't about to buy into the "bleached teeth and power suit" cliche of the "Wow! Transform Your Life and Get Rich Instantly!" variety. We're a movement of connected individuals who DO want to find lasting inner peace and happiness (which is - ...
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09.18.08Double Happiness at Rebel ZenHey! Seamus Anthony here... Well the stock market dorks may be freaking out - but it's an exciting day here at Rebel Zen, with two great items of news! 1) Free, All-Natural, E-Book Goodness As you can see to the right, we've just released a free 9500 word e-book called "Rebel Zen and the Art of Curly's Law". It's about an important secret to both worldly and spiritual success that is often overlooked in most personal development material. It contains a three-part series already published here at Rebel Zen PLUS two articles originally published in the popular Australian holistic magazine "LivingNow" (but not available on ...
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09.10.08Need Balance? Top 5 Ways to Keep Your Ego in CheckBy Steve Mills Many eastern spiritual texts put forward the idea that you must learn to have a full awareness of your whole self. While our self looks like it is an integrated whole from one level, scratch the surface (via meditation or other methods of self-enquiry) and you will find a whole heap of different parts of your personality, all striving to express themselves. The one that stands out the most initially is the Ego, the self-important, self-centric aspect of our personality . The ego (which is a modern western psychological term I might add) has been ...
