"The human mind is the most complex arrangement of matter in the known universe." – Michio Kaku I. The Leap From Matter to Mind One of...

I am the son, grandson, and nephew of Pentecostal and Protestant ministers;  I meditate religiously. Raised in the Judeo-Christian...

A supreme intelligence operates at every level of you and me and them and we. At the quantum level, we are made up of quarks, gluons, and...

Neurophenomenology of Advanced Meditation States (Reproducibility of Deep States) Advanced meditation practitioners can enter altered...

Mindfulness practice begins after formal meditation ends. Formal meditation is a time to cultivate insight and equanimity, to practice...

Dhamma is the Pali word for Truth. Dhara means Land. Dhamma Dhara is the name of a Vipassana meditation center I first attended in 2010....

The breath is a chord that connects us to this life. Meditators use the breath as a guide to awakening and approach it with reverence....

The contemplative life is often depicted as a solo and introspective one, featuring a lone monk meditating on a mountain, a robed ascetic...

"Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom." (Psalm 20:12) My father often spoke of death as a homecoming and was as...

Loafe with me on the grass, loose the stop from your throat, Not words, not music or rhyme I want, not custom or lecture, not even the...

Meditators attend to conditions that affect their practice, and sleep is one of the most impactful. You can skip to the tips listed...

Interoception is the perception of bodily sensations which can express as tingling, throbbing, heat, coldness, pulsing, swelling,...

Since my youth, I've taken refuge in music. Music quieted my troubled, adolescent soul. I could express and evoke powerful emotions...

The Indian teacher Ramana Maharshi recommended the technique of self-enquiry to discover the unreality or illusory nature of the proxy-i,...

"It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink." Proverbs 31:4 Abstaining from...

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself (I am large, I contain multitudes). -Walt Whitman War/peace, happy/sad,...

I sit. I see. Light falls. It reflects off objects and enters the eyes. The retina converts photons of light into electrical impulses...