Many practice meditation to have special experiences. While they do occur from time to time, they’re not the goal itself. “Meditation practice should result in an improvement in the way we are, how we relate to others, and how we deal with outer circumstances,” Bhikkhu Analayo wrote in “Satipatthana: A Practice Guide.” This is a … Read more
A popular Medium piece claims these words make it obvious you used ChatGPT: however, indeed, moreover, etc. However, I disagree. Wasn’t OpenAI’s child trained on human-written content? Indeed, one must write clickbait articles to succeed on Medium, and sharing your opinions on the infamous chatbot guarantees you get the attention and interaction needed to monetize … Read more
Almost everything you read here was inspired by my long daily walks. The writing muse, it seems, likes to grace me with her presence only when my feet are in motion — a vital condition for composing my scattered thoughts and jotting them down in the notebook of the mind. And I’m far from alone … Read more
 I’m not a very interesting person. That’s why I was excited to read Jessica Hagy‘s altogether indispensable “How to Be Interesting,” an upbeat guide to injecting more whimsy into your everyday. In a sentence or two, its pithy life lessons manage to paint deceptively simple diagrams and graphs that nudge you out of your … Read more