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6 postsReflections on secular Buddhism, mindfulness, and where practice meets everyday life, technology, and politics.
I have also spent more than a decade as a freelance journalist, and you can find some of those select works here.
What is rebirth to the skeptic?
As an atheist falling into Buddhist practice, I’m faced with many of the same questions and beliefs shared by most Buddhist schools of thought, and none is more persistent than the belief in rebirth. The academic …
My first half-day meditation retreat
This past weekend, I attended my first half-day silent meditation retreat. I am not really interested in weeklong retreats, which I think in too many cases are western-centric money grabs (that’s a broad stroke, I …
Buddhism gave me ground when I needed it most
I have spent the better part of my life as an atheist, and, to be honest, I remain one. When I use the term atheist, I use it in an agnostic sense: I don’t know for a fact that there is no god, but the evidence I have …
Sam Harris and the mindfulness of hate
Sam Harris is a grifter. There is no other way to put it, even if that is a tough way to start a blog. For the last decade or so, Harris has moved away from his firebrand atheism to selling his mindfulness platform and …
A sound bath for skeptics
Today, at a conference I took part in a sound bath meditation, and found it incredibly relaxing and reduced my stress, anxiety, and even some pain in my back. However, I don’t necessarily think that the sound both itself …
My journey towards mindfulness
I am reading some books right now well out of my normal genre. I think if people who knew me saw my bookshelf right now, they’d think I’d lost my mind. In the past week, I have purchased, The Joy of Living, Confessions …