Why did ancient practitioners leave status and comfort to sit in temples or mountains? Beyond the language of immortality, they had noticed a familiar human problem: the mind can become…
Date Archives September 2018
Why Trying Too Hard at Meditation Backfires: From “Doing” to “Being”
Many people meditate as if they were completing a productivity task: set a timer, control the breath, stop every thought, and wait for enlightenment. The more seriously they try, the…