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When Mindfulness Meets Capitalism, It Loses Its Way
We argue that a denatured mindfulness divorced from
its soteriological context reduces it to a self-help technique that is easily misappropriated for reproducing corporate and
institutional power, employee pacification, and maintenance of toxic organizational cultures.
its soteriological context reduces it to a self-help technique that is easily misappropriated for reproducing corporate and
institutional power, employee pacification, and maintenance of toxic organizational cultures.
Ronald Purser • Mindfulness Revisited: A Buddhist-Based Conceptualization
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Mindfulness, right? That’s just rebranded meditation—something Buddhists have done for thousands of years. Waking up at five a.m.? Millions of Muslims do that every day. Chanting aphorisms to yourself? Hindus have done that for millennia. Taking long contemplative walks? Christian pilgrims have been doing that for centuries, too.”
André Spicer • Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement
It is true: many if not most of the applications of meditation and mindfulness in the West are, at best, side-paths alongside the main road to liberation. And yet, most of the folks taking them are not interested in “liberation,” and even if they were, they don’t have the kinds of lives conducive to really pursuing it. Which is fine; there are lots
... See moreJay Michaelson • Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
The question is, do you want to do to your own psyche what humans have done to ecosystem after ecosystem? With the best of intentions, just trying to take care of yourself, fit in with your needs and your environment, you can practice jhanas and set boundaries and get massages — and at some point, you look around to find your inner wilds paved, you... See more
River Kenna • Rewilding the Psyche
Stuart Evans added
Philosopher argues that mindfulness rests on dubious philosophical foundations
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Mary Martin added
pushback/signal cross
The trouble with mindfulness is that it requires persistent effort. It is like attempting to empty the ocean with a teacup. On the one hand you have the majesty of the mind. And on the other hand you have a human being who is trying to be “mindful.” Even the term “mindfulness” makes little sense. Isn’t the entire problem a fullness of the mind? You
... See moreKapil Gupta • Atmamun
I suggest examining whether a spiritual (meditation) practice 1) develops your capacity for inner Stillness, 2) expands your awareness of your reality constructs, and 3) leads you into your fullest creative sovereignty. Otherwise, you might just be spending time (and money) taking on more forms and patterns of perception rather than truly liberatin
... See moreanasatara.org • Spiritual Awakening: Emerging From Your Reality Containers
Claudia Dawson added
10% Happier 10th Anniversary: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story
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