What does a superficial discussion about brands have to do with the real disagreements that people have? How can seeing this help to bring about a more harmonious discourse? And what does this have to do with meditation, anyway?
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The world is broken. We want to fix it. But most of the time, what we do to satisfy that desire actually makes things worse, not better. How can we really fix the world when our actions are really just about trying to heal the pain we feel? Is it possible to treat these as separate activities? Could we be more effective if we did?
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Pain is inevitable. But is all pain inevitable? And is there any way to have a healthier relationship to pain?
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Anxiety comes not so much from knowing that something could go wrong, but imagining that there is something I can do to control that. Social anxiety is no different. Learning to let go of this idea of control can lead to a profound reduction in the anxiety the desire for control normally produces.
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Tamara asked for some clarification on the different ways that inner conflicts that come up in meditation can find resolution. In this post I go into a bit more detail about that.
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Is there such a thing as awakening? Is it worth doing? How? Someone asked this today, and I felt like it was worth writing this brief answer. TL;DR: “yes, probably, and you have to read the post for the rest.”
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