A Zen koan is a paradoxical question, statement, or story used to provoke deep thought and insight beyond logical reasoning. Koans are often given to students by Zen masters as a form of meditation practice, encouraging them to break free from habitual patterns of thinking and experience a direct realization of truth.

Memes below are a form of modern Koan – each containing truth about the depths of Self-Investigation – and the peculiar insights that emerge along the way.