One of the best “hacks” for being mindful and present is to set intentions before starting any task. This includes tasks like planning and concentrated thinking. You just “let your brain know” that this is what it needs to be doing now and it can return to other tasks afte . . . Read more

“Be Here Now,” the classic book by Ram Dass, is supposed to encapsulate the project of meditation. The more I struggle with meditation, the more I realize how central this principle is to the practice. My brain is constantly future-looking, sometimes in small ways - I might be . . . Read more

There are two ways of approaching any task and life in general: goal oriented process oriented For some reason, very likely a mix of cultural and biological, the default is the first approach. You do things in order to get somewhere, to accomplish something. . . . Read more

One of the often quoted, somewhat grandiose term from mindfulness is that of Acceptance. You’re supposed to “accept the current moment” for what it is. I was under the impression that I was doing this already and that I had pretty much figured it out. I’m a pretty c . . . Read more

We’re still struggling to figure out exactly what Consciousness is. One theory that I kinda like (although I have no sense of how correct it is) is that consciousness is a way of approximating the base reality. There is too much data coming in through our senses, and it is impossible for ev . . . Read more