The Zen of Tweeting is very simple, yet so few understand. All tweeple (people who twitter) are searching for answers or things that make them feel complete. Is it companionship, knowledge; and for what purpose, for material gain, to make ourselves more informed, happier? Do we tweet because we believe all these things can be attained from within Twitter?
Tweeple say, I tweet because I want this, or I am that. The problem is that nobody really knows this “I,” they think that by Tweeting they will discover what “I” am. You must ask yourself, who is this I, did I exist before I was born, will I exist after I’m dead and gone. If I tweet, does that define who I am? If you ponder these questions long enough you will come to the realization that you simply don’t know this “I”, and 10,000 followers will not tell you either.
The don’t know mind set is what keeps us going, always churning, looking for the answer to that indelible question, who am I? Zen is about keeping that “don’t know” mind, present and aware.
When walking, standing, sitting,
lying down, speaking, being
silent, moving, being still, tweeting.
At all times, in all places, without
interruption — what is this?
One mind is infinite time.
The Zen practitioner uses meditation to focus on this don’t know mindset. And when doing something other than meditation, we just do it. When walking, just walk; when eating, just eat, when working, just work, when tweeting, just tweet.
After a while, you learn to focus on being present, things will start becoming clearer, your purpose in your life becomes in focus. The I disappears. You’ll know that when a person is hungry, you can give them food; when thirsty, something to drink; when sad, you give them comfort. You will tweet with clarity and compassion as well, because you will see people in those tweets, not just words. And you will be interested only in what their needs are, before your own. This is the true nature of Zen Tweeting, and the path to enlightenment.
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