Alex

Leads 4h Zen sessions,

Zen content creator

When Alex grew up, he found himself in a world that seemed rather absurd, with a great deal of suffering and alienation. In school and at home he experienced a lot of pressure to perform and to 'become someone' by the “grown ups”, even though almost non of them seemed to be truly happy with themselves, content or grounded with the way of life they were embodying and perpetuating. While at the same time, seemingly, none of them could communicate to Alex a deeper kind of meaning, purpose or reasoning for the way things were supposed to happen. And even though most proclaimed to be Christian, in reality, they were mostly preaching the gospel of ‘not being enough’ and materialism. Propelled by these circumstances Alex went on his own search for meaning, by diving into Philosophy, Politics, Economics, Psychology, Meditation and having his own experiences with psychedelic substances like LSD and Psilocybin. All of which led him to deeply resonate with Buddhism, Zen and texts like the Tao Te Ching.

Were Alex found a great comfort and a great relief, that is, in practicing directly looking at himself as well as everything and everyone around him - without his own projection. By which just sitting, just walking and just listening became more important than rushing around and searching for something - that, maybe, was never actually gone or missing from him.

By scrolling through Twitter in 2018 or 2019(?), he felt very fortunate to come across a post from Z, who would eventually become his Zen teacher, friend and spiritual guardian - who always seemed to be there when Alex felt lost, in his own suffering and confusion. And who helped Alex remember, maintain and nourish the flame of love and compassion that was growing inside of him. Nowadays Alex is putting his energy towards ventures like creating content on YouTube and being a part of Zobzen. To be of service to others, by supporting them in their own journeys of suffering and awakening.