Do you doomscroll on your phone? It feels like the world’s new favorite pastime. An addictive dive into the worst possible news, over and over again. But it goes deeper than the phone. Here’s the thing: do you doomscroll your own thoughts? Looping, replaying past horrors, inventing worst-case futures, as
Cosmic energy meditation is a practice that focuses on tapping into and harnessing the cosmic energy that surrounds us. This energy is the essential, all-pervading force that flows through everything in the Universe, near and far, within you and within the world that appears to be outside of you. It’s
This is a true story about how I changed my meditation practice and everything else in the universe in one simple step. Well, one simple jump, anyway. I sought to overcome fear, but instead I learned first-hand how everything changes and becomes something different when seen through the lens of
How do you keep meditating in the face of rage against injustice? It isn’t easy to consider anger and outrage in a meditation practice. Any meditation practice. And certainly not one in which you try to focus on universal love. I mean, who wants to love their enemy? Someone who
Practice has been given a bit of a bum rap. Whether it’s sports of some kind, one of the arts, or any other discipline of the mind or body, we often expect the impossible out of practice. That is, we expect to be made perfect at the pursuit. Or at
One of the biggest misconceptions about meditation is that it will silence the mind. In fact, learning how to stop random thoughts during meditation has become the Holy Grail. But see, here’s the thing. If meditation could silence the mind, our entire planet would be cured of its many ills.
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