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In the Ruifang District of New Taipei City, Taiwan, there is an old mining town called Houtong Cat Village. Myself and some peers decided to take the train from Taipei Main Station to the village. Upon, my arrival, I found many kitties exploring the small village. The pictures in the post contain those very townskitties.

“Without a soul, my spirit’s sleeping somewhere coldUntil you find it there and lead it back homeWake me up inside, Wake me up insideCall my name and save me from the dark.” Amy Lee said, “We have no spiritual affiliation with this music.” in April 2003.But somehow, as I was lying in my bed in…

It has only been a few weeks into my last semester at school, and I’ve gained so much from my online Intro to Zen Meditation course. The other day, we reviewed the first couple of chapters from The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation by Śramaņa Zhiyi (Chih-i) (Link to PDF). One chapter that spoke to me…

Many of us are looking for ways to occupy our time. In this capitalist society, we’ve been socially conditioned to use our time productively. More often than not, this leads to the overconsumption of media, processed foods, mental distress, and, in short, “crashing out.” At least in my case, it does. In an effort to…