The 7 Chakras Of TweetZen


Chakra 1: The Truth changes - Stories and emotional states change quickly on Twitterspace like the wind and the tides. You may find it very beneficial to retain emotional detachment from the sensual barrage of tweets that appear in your awareness. We know from the wisdom of 'wiki' that ideas and truths may be altered by different entities from around spiritual cyberspace. What is true one minute may not be true the next. Whereas some truths may yet come to fruition when their hashtags or keywords become trending topics.

Chakra 2: Tweet the Karma - It is said that a journey of a 1000 followers starts with a single tweet. So begin as you mean to go along as for every cause there is an effect and for every action, a reaction. With each tweet try to follow along karmic lines of positive intention and benevolence. Pay attention to sending a tweet and its consequences as it is akin to firing an arrow from a bow. Once it has gone it may not be easily retrieved or undone (even with use of the delete tweet button).

Chakra 3: 'Flow like water, my friend' - These are the wise words of martial arts legend Bruce Lee who was around long before the world of Twitter. In spite of this his words are of great value and relevance even now. Twitterspace is a constantly evolving enitity so flow with it whilst keeping calmness and serenity in your heart.

Chakra 4: Meditate often - Meditation and contemplation on tweets by you and others may bring about new creativity and direction. It may help you connect with other tweeters who have a similar energy and can help you on your journey.

Chakra 5: Become detached from materialism - There are many who will try to blind you with the seductive tweets of materialism and ego. However, as it is written in the first Chakra; the truth changes so such tweets may only be temporary delights which soon vanish into Twitterspace.

Chakra 6: Follow your path - The path into Twitterspace is up to you and you alone. There may be distracting energies along the way but stay true to your essence and intention.

Chakra 7: Patience.... This last Chakra will be here soon. If this has been of use please retweet below and all will become clear....

The Zen Of Tweet

As an enthusiast of all aspects spiritual it occured to me while sitting under a tree last week in Spain that Twitter could actually be used to understand Zen Philosophy.

I know this sounds a little crazy but anyone who has gone through their old status updates may understand. Isn't it weird to see what you were up to and thinking a week or month ago? Who were you talking to and what about? Normally we would forget a lot of this but if you are on Twitter you have a snapshot into your past reality.

It is also interesting to observe how much situations and emotions change. Much of Zen Philosophy is living in the present moment without attachments to opinions or judgements. On Twitter we see how circumstances evolve sometimes in unexpected directions. What is true at one moment is often not true a second later when some new information is available or our state changes.

All this happened anyway but with Twitter we can see this on a large scale with ourselves and other people. Is this useful? I think so as quite often we can get consumed in the emotion of the present moment. We may write a status update like .....'I am really pissed off!' On reading the same update the next day we may wonder why we were so pissed off and whether it was worth it...