Concentration master Leigh Brasington talks with Michael W. Taft about the jhanas, a Buddhist system of eight altered states of consciousness that arise in states of high concentration. The conversation dives deep into practicing each… Read More »Diving Deep into the Jhanas, with guest Leigh Brasington
by W. T. Johnson They don’t want you to be still. They don’t want you to be contented. They don’t want you to know yourself. Harsh as it may be, they don’t even want you… Read More »The Anarchist’s Guide to Mindfulness
For many of us, the Internet represents the pinnacle of distraction. But it we don’t have to encounter it that way. This article from The Atlantic talks about simple ways to build effective mindfulness practice… Read More »How to Be Mindful While Surfing the Net
Want to learn how to focus and concentrate better? Nothing is more important to meditation than the quality of attention. In mindfulness meditation, we are doing more than just concentrating—the point is to concentrate on… Read More »Attention vs. Distraction