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Wildmind is an online meditation center where anyone can learn to meditate. We offer self-paced guides to several meditation practices| Wildmind
Wildmind is an online meditation center where anyone can learn to meditate. We offer self-paced guides to several meditation practices| Wildmind
First, the calamity We’re on a very bad path in the US at the moment. Many of you live in the US, as I do, although many of you don’t. However, as they say, “If America sneezes the rest of the world catches cold.” What happens here affects the entire world. Many people outside the...| Wildmind
Because of the alarming political situation in the US, which has parallels with events in other countries, I’ve been writing about how we, as spiritual practitioners, might skillfully face the troubling emotions politics can give rise to. The two emotions that stand out for me are fear (where is this all going? how bad will...| Wildmind
One of my more popular guided meditations on the Insight Timer app is meant to help people get to sleep. It’s been listened to 900,000 times across the two versions that I have available, suggesting that a lot of people have trouble switching their minds off at night and find that meditation helps. Unfortunately, a lot...| Wildmind
I’ve been asked the same questions over and over again about Wildmind’s new meditation initiative, and so I thought I’d put all the questions and answers in one place. What is the Initiative? Wildmind is a community-supported meditation initiative. Hundreds of supporters sponsor our “community shares,” which gives Wildmind financial stability so that we can...| Wildmind
Courses available to subscribers Wildmind is a community-supported meditation initiative, and our courses are generally only available to our sponsors. (If you’d like to learn more about becoming a sponsor, click here.) This page offers brief descriptions of the courses on offer to subscribers. In order to find out more about any course, click on...| Wildmind
As human beings, we are psychologically porous. We’re open to influences from outside ourselves, including others’ words and actions. That’s largely a good thing, because it means we can learn from other human beings. But it also means that what’s going on around us can affect, in not-so-good ways, our sense of what’s normal and...| Wildmind
This is one of a series of articles where I’ve been mythbusting things people “know” about the Buddha. These myths include the supposed facts that he was a prince, that he was born a Hindu, and that he left home after seeing “four sights.” Such factoids are present in almost every book book about the...| Wildmind
Someone wrote to me recently and asked two questions, which boiled down to: Did the Buddha teach self-love? Is loving yourself contrary to seeing through the illusion of self? There was a third question, but it was a little quirky, and so I’ll deal with it at the end. First, I explained that these days...| Wildmind
A friend of mine recently went on a trip to visit a friend and to do some sightseeing. The effects of this on her mental health were amazing — and she ascribes much of the benefit of that to having spent less time imbibing the news. Actually, imbibing isn’t the right word. Right now, taking...| Wildmind
I warmly invite you to join me in an innovative meditation course. The focus in these 42 guided meditations is learning to calm our restless minds and learning to evoke a pervading sense of peace and calmness that we can bring into our daily lives. Sitting With Bodhi is a unique concept. There are no...| Wildmind
Many people “know” that that the Buddha “was born a Hindu.” But this, like the ideas that he was a prince and that he left home after seeing “the four sights” is also untrue. The “Hindu Prince” Writers often bundle myth of the Buddha having been born a Hindu together with his supposed princely status. For...| Wildmind
At the moment lot of people are suffering more than usual. They are anxious, exhausted, and overwhelmed about the awful things going on in the world. They’re often glued to the news and steeped in the commentary that takes place on social media, their amygdalas on overdrive and their endocrine systems jangling with adrenaline. I...| Wildmind
Just as virtually any book about the Buddha and his teachings tells us that he was a prince (the first myth I tackled), we’re also told that he renounced his kingdom because he saw “four sights.” This is the myth I want to tackle here. The story of the four sights The traditional story goes...| Wildmind
Especially for those who live in the US, there’s a huge amount going on politically. Many supporters of Donald Trump may be delighted by current events, but the rest of us are alarmed, or arguably should be. Violent criminals, including some that assaulted police officers and one who ran an online drugs market, have been...| Wildmind
Many Americans like to “do” a Scottish accent. These attempts all sound the same, but none of them are particularly like an actual Scottish person. The thing is that when an American does a Scottish accent, they are not imitating any Scot they have ever heard — they are imitating another American doing a Scottish...| Wildmind
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I really admire those few people I know who can honestly say they’ve been meditating for 10 or 20 years, and that they’ve never missed a day. I’ve been meditating for 30 years, but I’ve never been able to attain that kind of regularity. Sure, I’ve had periods of months at a time when I’ve...| Wildmind
I used to envy people who were able to meditate every day, because it was something I struggled with. Certain people just didn’t have a problem with meditating daily, but I found it hard. I’d have successful runs of a few weeks, and then I’d end up not meditating one day. And that perceived failure...| Wildmind
It’s early January, and many people who made New Year’s resolutions are already going “Oops!” as they realize they’ve already missed a morning at the gym, binged on something unhealthy, or forgotten to meditate. It’s very hard to change habits. The habit I’m most interested in is daily meditation, which is something I nailed a...| Wildmind
