Are Buddhists Neartermists or Longtermists?
A Buddhist practitioner reacts to the effective altruism movement
Alex Tzelnic
Alex Tzelnic is a Zen practitioner and writer living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His essays have appeared in Killing the Buddha and The Rumpus.
Mindfulness Helps Athletes, But Not How You Think
Getting in the zone is part of it, but letting go of outcomes is what gets Olympians to the podium.
Can a Brand Be a Gateway to Practice?
It’s easy to dismiss the corporate embrace of mindfulness, but are there exceptions where it feels more right than wrong?
‘Blindfulness’: How to Avoid Moral and Attentional Licensing
We must remember that mindfulness is not a state but an ongoing action, and the choice to practice is always available
Extremely Still
A record-breaking endurance athlete turned to meditation to reach his goals. He learned to let go of them, too.
Meditation Is Not Always Bliss, and That’s a Good Thing
How daily mindfulness practice can expand your comfort zone
A Case for Rewilding Mindfulness: Removing the Stigma of Stillness and Returning to the Enlivening Roots of Practice
Reducing mindfulness to its most sedentary posture is a surefire way to turn off a generation that could benefit immensely from a tool that can support them in so many ways.
Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness Explores the Nature of the Mind
The new documentary follows six experts grappling with the age-old question, “How are we aware that we are aware?”
The Dangerous Art of Depersonalization
What psychedelics, psychosis, and mindfulness can teach us about no-self, and why set and setting play such an important role in ego deconstruction.
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