The alchemy of why less is more

Heart

Each day I chase full instead of appreciating empty. Just me?

Less is more? 🤷‍♂️ 

Is it possible?

In Zen, beginner monks are tasked with begging everyday with an empty bowl.

To be happy with whatever they get.

Are we not tasked similarly today?

But the empty bowl isn’t a symbol of poverty—it’s a vessel of possibility.

What about an empty chair, an empty bank account, bed, hour, or gym bag?

The bowl is for receiving, accepting what comes . . . what » is.

Notice when my bowl is full—of opinions, assumptions, desires, identity scripts—nothing new can enter. But when it’s empty, it becomes a portal.

What if the empty bowl isn’t lack, but readiness? 😵‍💫 

What if the emptiness is not absence—but spaciousness?

Is it possible?

The beggar’s bowl appears to lack, but in truth, they’re free. Free from the clutter of ego, from the weight of possession, from the illusion of control.

It’s not about ‘having nothing’. It’s about being open to receive everything.

Today . . . today . . . instead of chasing full, what if I’m okay, even grateful for the empty?

Mind 🔍️ 

If you zoom in close enough on your physical body, you ‘ll find atoms » the building blocks of everything (which are 99.9% empty space).

The nucleus is minuscule compared to the vast cloud where electrons swirl.

🌊 Your body, mostly water—H₂O—is a trio of atoms orbiting in void. You are, quite literally, a symphony of structured nothingness.

And yet, from that vast emptiness emerges all your thought, emotion, and action.

Isn’t that wild?

Soul ⚡️ 

Question: What if the hokey pokey really is what it’s all about??

The ultimate Zen euphoric existential transformation?!? 😉 

Play along with me.

Think about it » 🎶 You put whole self in . . . you shake it all about, but then you do the hokey pokey and you » take yourself out 🎵

🤯 Sounds like life.

Take your whole self out . . . be the empty bowl. That’s what it’s all about.

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