Mindfulness and meditation are all the rage these days.
But there is no magical, “mindful” state of awareness that will deliver all of the diverse benefits we seek.
And striving to attain one just makes meditation tedious and confusing—and much smaller than it should be.
I’m always surprised by peoples’ objections to meditation—by all the reasons they aren’t interested.
They think it’s boring, or pointless, or that they need to become a Buddhist.
They think it’s all about relaxing. Or that meditation is somehow an end in itself.
I get it.
If all that were true, I wouldn’t do it either!
Last time out, we did a nerdy breakdown of New Ageism, and pulled apart the claim that you create your own reality.
It’s a profitable refrain… But where did it come from? And why do so many people believe it?
It’s all about quantum mechanics.
I teach people to do cool things with their consciousness, and break their brains with beautiful ideas.
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