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dewdrops: Autumn Week 4

October 28, 2025October 24, 2025 Trent Thomson

Autumn Week 4 BY GORDAN STRUIC

The Usefulness of Emptiness: Kakuzō Okakura on Taoism, Zen and the Way of Tea
How Taoism and Zen shaped the way of tea, finding beauty in emptiness and greatness in life’s smallest moments.
Chop Wood, Carry Water: Scott Berkun on Finding Amazement in Ordinary Life
A classic Zen koan shows that true presence isn't an escape from the ordinary work - and delight - of being human.
Don’t Waste Suffering: Ramiro López Larroy on Opening the Doors of Liberation
How can we use the things that give us difficulty in our lives to learn and grow, rather than avoiding them, or trying to push them away?
“Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.