ZAZEN

Zazen, literally meaning seated (za) meditation (zen), is the hardest practice for me as someone with ADHD. My body, my nerves, my mind resist it.

In my reflections, I’ve come to believe our sole reasons for being in the universe are to witness its empty beauty and to care for one another.

Thus, through the energy of my thoughts, I’ve learned to stop thinking, stop desiring, to make silence sometimes to fulfill why we are here, seated. In an era where chaos engulfs our world, what I speak of here is peace.

Not the peace of empires, but the peace of simply being here, seated.

To be here, seated.

_ Milena Carbone