Category: Meditation
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How Meditation Can Save the World
The meditation world has been dominated by non-threatening, gentle idiots who are more than happy to encourage the ignorant masses to zone out and relax (which is what the ignorant masses want). (Don’t forget that meditation teachers pretend to be happier than they are because they feel social pressure from their friends to fit in.)…
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I’m not lazy…why can’t I meditate?
“I’m not a lazy person. Why can’t I meditate?” “How much is a reasonable amount of work to put into meditation before I’m able to see any results?” I meditated on and off for years. It didn’t seem like it was doing anything for me. It was too hard to sit still. Here’s the thing:…
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Instagram boddhisatvas
The boddhisatva vow is about not letting yourself get enlightened until others are enlightened first. I bet the guy who came up with this concept was obsessing over the same problems I obsess over. When you have an urge to share something, you find that you can also opt to embody it instead. But then…
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Why You Don’t Need to Argue with Your Mind
Every time you complain about anything, it’s because you have a problem just sitting. Try it. Seriously. Just sit and see what comes up. Someone left this comment on one of the lessons of my No Problem meditation course. “The problem is not, not being able to just sit. The problem is the guilt tripping that has been…
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Why it’s good to be angry
Come on, I want to see you get angry. I want to see you get obnoxious. We need more obnoxious people. People are too tame. Everyone wants to agree all the time. Agreement doesn’t get you anywhere. Especially when you’re upset about something! This is the creative force within you. Stop ignoring it. It has…
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I don’t understand why I should meditate everyday
I got a question: “Why should I meditate everyday?” Good question, thanks for asking. You should meditate everyday because, if you don’t, you will suck at meditation. It’s a skill that takes practice. It’s not something you do once and then you’re done. You must spend many hours on it. Let’s make it concrete. There’s…