Precious Consciousness
Treat with Care Recently, I’ve not been able to fall asleep until hours after I’ve lain down in bed. I’m not having particularly profound...
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- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
In the thick of it
Mindfulness only works, when it works If there is a place where my mindfulness practice does not reliably go—it is into the thick of...
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
Being alert to grace
Being prepared for where life's impactful moments will presence themselves Will you be alert to grace when it is in your presence?...
- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
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...
- Sep 20, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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...
- Sep 13, 2022
- 2 min
The Dream Scenes of Small Thoughts
Missing out on life by playing little vignettes on the stage of the mind The constant distraction of thought offers much to investigate…...
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
Enlightenment = Graciousness / (Grasping * Aversion)
A simple algorithm to a good life There are some simple algorithms to living a good life, things that just make sense. “Do unto others,...
- Aug 30, 2022
- 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...
- Jul 21, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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 12, 2022
- 1 min
Strategic Settling
The Jones's will be fine without your ego Grasping in a world of change causes unease, unsatisfactoriness, dissatisfaction, and...
- Jul 7, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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 9, 2022
- 1 min
The Wrong-Side of the Bed
Grumpy? Begin again... Today I woke up on the proverbial wrong side of the bed. Yesterday too, if I’m being honest. Frustrated. Behind...
- 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.
- 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.
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
Is Consciousness an Innie or an Outie?
Do we experience consciousness as a field, as a network, from outside our selves?
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