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Waking Up: To Withstand the Flood, part 2

In my previous blog, I introduced the “flood” — the overwhelming distractions, disconnection, and dissatisfaction of our time. Shaped by mechanistic and digital worldviews, this “flood” – creating a crisis of meaning – conditions us to prioritize consumption, transactions, and speed over depth, connection, and purpose.

Addressing this crisis of meaning requires more than surface solutions; it demands cultivating inner wisdom. In response to this Flood, I suggest four domains: “Waking Up,” “Growing Up,” “Cleaning Up,” and “Showing Up.”

In this second part of the series, I focus on Waking Up, the foundation for cultivating inner DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2026-06-03T14:34:53-04:00December 16th, 2024|Blog, Spirituality, Wisdom|0 Comments

Evolving Mindfulness, Part 4: Restoring Wisdom

In this final blog, I connect a few important concepts related to restoring wisdom to mindfulness via Buddhist psychology.

Recall that, in Part 3, I introduced the Four Noble Truths. We see mindfulness in the training category of “mental discipline” in the Eightfold Path. The ethics of mindfulness is in the training category of “ethical conduct.”

Wisdom is the overlooked category in Western learning. This begins with our socialization and education. Wisdom simply gives way to practical knowledge in the American worldview. Yet without wisdom, we lack grounding, a compass, or clarity.

Wisdom Beyond Knowledge

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By |2024-09-18T15:41:55-04:00November 14th, 2022|Blog, Practice, Spirituality|0 Comments

Evolving Mindfulness, Part 3: The Truth of Suffering

Once we move beyond McMindfulness, as discussed in Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, we can explore the nature of mindfulness from its core teachings.

In this part, I develop a pedagogy as a foundation for awakening. I’ve selected the most relevant core teachings, topics, and resources of mindfulness from the Dharma to represent the “ground of mindfulness.”

NOTE: To support the learning in this blog series, we’ve created a page of terms, citations, and resources. Items in the blog followed by a number (1) or letter DOWNLOAD PDF

By |2024-09-18T15:42:05-04:00October 31st, 2022|Blog, Practice, Spirituality|0 Comments
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