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Zen is interesting.. but how can a person practice both a self-awareness buddhist type lifestyle while participating in the modern world.
Putting it another way... the most creative world-changing innovative types seem to lead caffeine and drug fueled lives. My own feeling is that I'm most productive when I'm fully committed to a project or work - having a mindset that is completely at odds with the calm detachment of a monk.
So for myself, I think that the philosophy is great - but more helpful for farmers say than for thinkers.
Or is that bullshit. I'm in IT/programming. What do other professionals think? I mean, if you were a social worker, teacher or nurse/doc, could you practice this sort of life?
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