Mindfulness Decolonized

I guess I react emotionally to Headspace ads, then I thought it would be fun to animate one of these vids on McMindfulness. Practicing mindfulness is useful ...

UPLIFT is a global Love in Action community in service of a Higher Consciousness Humanity.

It caused a stir when Sam Harris, in a new book titled Waking Up, changed his message from militant atheism to peaceful Buddhism. A positive message is better than a negative one, and since Buddhism is often labeled as “a religion without God,” Harris’s move isn’t as radical as it looks at first glance. He […]

Neuroscientist Sara Lazar found that people who meditated had more gray matter in the part of the brain linked to decision-making and working memory.

The modern business of mindfulness strips the practice of both its spiritual meaning and much of its practical value

Ronald Purser, a Buddhist teacher and a professor of management, advises us to approach mindfulness techniques with a critical eye. He says mindfulness practices have been co-opted by capitalist interests, freeing corporations and governments from responsibility for the larger issues at play in our stressful society.

A scientist and a monk compare notes on meditation, therapy, and their effects on the brain

The past decade’s wave of interest in mindfulness meditation has had a utilitarian air.

The past decade’s wave of interest in mindfulness meditation has had a utilitarian air.

Alaya vijnana, the Buddhist concept that explains why you keep doing the same thing over and over—and the practice that shows you how to stop