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7 daily excuses that prevent you from meditating (and how to stop making them up)

By Gaël Blanchemain .

Your mind was set, you were going to meditate every single day, so you sold off your PS4 on ebay and turned your bedroom into a minimalistic Zen garden. You were OMG so sure that this mindfulness … [Read more...]

You’re worth more than that: the pricing law

By Gaël Blanchemain .

When there's only crap on the menu, it's OK to leave the restaurant and go eat somewhere else. It's OK, really, yet how many times did social pressure force you to endure a painful time in a place … [Read more...]

Buddhism sold short

By Gaël Blanchemain .

There is more to Meditation than stress release and focus enhancement. Some Tibetan Buddhist masters say that the fruits of mind practice are actually limitless, they also say that you can experience … [Read more...]

Unless you swim against the current

By Gaël Blanchemain .

TV wants you as dumb as possible, Facebook too. Mainstream culture expects you to be an imbecile because stupidity makes you the best recipient for viral messages, commercials and war … [Read more...]

Drugs are nothing special

By Gaël Blanchemain .

Drugs have the same social status as sex: entertaining and sometimes dangerous. And they're hard to control, that's why people keep doing them until they die. That's also why the war on drugs is a … [Read more...]

Does spirituality have anything to do with politics?

By Gaël Blanchemain .

The conflict between Gaza and Israeli forces started about 20 days ago, so far about 1100 people have been killed. I know, that type of disturbing news seems to fall completely out of the scope of … [Read more...]

You won’t find happiness anywhere

By Gaël Blanchemain .

Impossible to sleep. I tossed and turned, it was 3 am and the heat was intolerable, our A/C was fighting like crazy to keep the bedroom below baking temperature, to no avail. Then the cat … [Read more...]

Owning space

By Gaël Blanchemain .

In the elevator, nobody wants to deal with you. It's not about you, though, it's just that human contacts have become inappropriate in public places. I'm aware that I can't change that … [Read more...]

The Spiritual Middle Man

By Gaël Blanchemain .

I recently watched a documentary about Carlos Castaneda, the legendary anthropologist who sold millions of novels about his experiments with Mexican Shamanism. I love Castaneda's universe and … [Read more...]

Champagne VS Bullshit

By Gaël Blanchemain .

If it's not called Champagne, but "sparkling wine", you can tell something's been lost. Same thing if it's called "Mindfulness Meditation" and not Samatha or Vipassana (the original Buddhist … [Read more...]

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