Precious Consciousness
Treat with Care Recently, I’ve not been able to fall asleep until hours after I’ve lain down in bed. I’m not having particularly profound...
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Oct 20, 20222 min read
In the thick of it
Mindfulness only works, when it works If there is a place where my mindfulness practice does not reliably go—it is into the thick of...
Oct 10, 20222 min read
Being alert to grace
Being prepared for where life's impactful moments will presence themselves Will you be alert to grace when it is in your presence?...
Sep 20, 20222 min read
An itch... in the middle of the room
On the selflessness of your visual field Ever since restarting my meditation practice with longer (30-60 minute) daily sessions, I have...
Sep 13, 20222 min read
The Dream Scenes of Small Thoughts
Missing out on life by playing little vignettes on the stage of the mind The constant distraction of thought offers much to investigate…...
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Meditation is a self-deprivation tank
Free-floating consciousness The instructions are very simple and work: be with what is, drop all concepts, don’t grasp what’s pleasant,...
Jul 13, 20221 min read
Being with what is
...and being what is It is a simple yet profound instruction: just be with what is. Before concept. Don’t label things. Don’t think,...
Jun 22, 20222 min read
In Your Head
A non-duel with headlessness Last night (and not for the first time) I was mindful while staring into the overlapping branches of a few...
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Practice
A Poem of Persistence Observing the nature of your mind, skillfully filling your mind with intimate experience, being consciousness, is a...
Apr 25, 20223 min read
What is Ordinary, Illuminated
An examined life for everyone. Substack newsletter on philosophy, mindfulness, and physics.
Mar 14, 20211 min read
Spiritual Media Podcast
I recently interviewed with Matt Welsh of the Spiritual Media Podcast and covered Meaning in the Multiverse: A Skeptic's Guide to a...
Feb 21, 20213 min read
The Inner Universe
If you asked, “what does consciousness look like?” one answer is a faded black & purple scene similar to the cosmic background radiation.
Dec 29, 20209 min read
Excerpt: Meaning in the Multiverse
An excerpt from the first chapter of "Meaning in the Multiverse: A Skeptic's Guide to a Loving Cosmos." Presale now & on shelves 2/12/2021.
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