Space for Others
On Self-Consciousness Next time you are alone in a crowd, do a little meditation and record how you feel. You are alone of course, the...
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- Sep 20
- 2 min
An itch... in the middle of the room
On the selflessness of your visual field Ever since restarting my meditation practice with longer (30-60 minute) daily sessions, I have...
- Sep 15
- 2 min
The Aversion Constrictor
Sad and short of breath? Avoiding this feeling won't make it go away. The key insight of Buddhism around suffering are almost...
- Aug 30
- 2 min
Proud of the Past Me
Who exists only as a dream, but with an impact on my future My dad recently sent me a photo of me from when I was ten years old. I had a...
- Aug 9
- 3 min
Overlapping Magisteria
Evolving perceptions of reality Humans are always splitting, grouping, and distinguishing; so much so that the, “there are two kinds of...
- Jul 21
- 2 min
Meditation is a self-deprivation tank
Free-floating consciousness The instructions are very simple and work: be with what is, drop all concepts, don’t grasp what’s pleasant,...
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Being with what is
...and being what is It is a simple yet profound instruction: just be with what is. Before concept. Don’t label things. Don’t think,...
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Erasing the Boundaries of Self
A headless-and-shoulderless practice What does it mean that there is no self or that the goal of mindfulness is to understand your true...
- Jun 30
- 2 min
Loving Awareness
An intimacy with your mind Ram Dass would call his honed conscious state loving awareness, which always struck me as the most colorful...
- Jun 23
- 2 min
In Your Head
A non-duel with headlessness Last night (and not for the first time) I was mindful while staring into the overlapping branches of a few...
- Jun 15
- 1 min
I am always thinking of me, myself, and I
The Persistent Mental Model I Call Me Our most prevalent mental model is our sense of self, our thought of psychological continuity, the...
- May 12
- 2 min
On the Inside, Looking Out
Perspective on perspective taking We are forever on the inside looking out. This is one of the first things impressed upon us by the...
- May 10
- 2 min
Coins and Gems
How do you value life? Imagine life was a video game, how would you score it? There would likely be some sort of extrinsic value—the coin...
- May 5
- 1 min
Love and Life's Illusions
A Brief Journey to Love Without Grasping The existence of love in our lives is one of our greatest aspirations. It comes in so many...
- Apr 29
- 1 min
The Formlessness of Consciousness
In meditation, we are told to make space, that we are boundless awareness, that we have no head, or that any sensations in the body are...
- Apr 25
- 3 min
What is Ordinary, Illuminated
An examined life for everyone. Substack newsletter on philosophy, mindfulness, and physics.
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
Spiritual Media Podcast
I recently interviewed with Matt Welsh of the Spiritual Media Podcast and covered Meaning in the Multiverse: A Skeptic's Guide to a...
- Feb 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Inner Universe
If you asked, “what does consciousness look like?” one answer is a faded black & purple scene similar to the cosmic background radiation.
- Feb 14, 2021
- 5 min
Love Lost and Found
Isn’t a planet in peril, 1% of world’s population forcibly displaced, and the renewed rise of authoritarianism a crisis of love & meaning?
- Dec 29, 2020
- 9 min
Excerpt: Meaning in the Multiverse
An excerpt from the first chapter of "Meaning in the Multiverse: A Skeptic's Guide to a Loving Cosmos." Presale now & on shelves 2/12/2021.