"I better not to answer."

That's what Tomo said when I asked him if he felt enlightened. He has meditated every morning for four years at a Zen temple in Kyoto. He runs a coffee shop: Zen Coffee Kyoto. He paints faceless men in suits, a portrait of the man his father was, and the man he refused to become.

We talked about what Zen meditation actually is (much simpler than the apps will tell you), the philosophy of wabi-sabi, why he thinks the answer is removing, not adding, and what happens to your body and mind after years of daily practice. He shared a Taoist parable about a butterfly that I'm still thinking about. And at the end of the episode, he guides a five-minute meditation you can do right now, wherever you're listening.

In this episode:

- What Zen meditation is — and what people get wrong about it

- The philosophy of wabi-sabi explained without buzzwords

- Why a sararīman is Tomo's nightmare

- The Taoist butterfly parable

- A guided five-minute meditation with Tomo

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TIMESTAMPS

[00:00] Intro

[03:00] What Zen meditation actually is

[06:00] Stop adding, start removing

[12:36] The question Tomo refused to answer

[13:48] The faceless men he paints

[15:00] Wabi-sabi

[17:00] The butterfly parable

[23:30] What four years of daily meditation actually does to you

[25:30] Guided five-minute meditation

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