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Not Thinking is Not the Goal

August 3, 2017 by Jay N. Forrest

Not thinking is not the goal of Buddhist meditation…

Categories Free Tags meditation, thinking 6 Comments

Train Your Brain to Be More Compassionate

July 6, 2016November 6, 2014 by Jeremy Mattocks

Can we train ourselves to behave more compassionately by practicing meditation – and if so, how much practice does it take?

Categories Free Tags compassion, meditation, practice, training Leave a comment

Book Review: Waking Up, by Sam Harris

July 15, 2015August 7, 2014 by DT Strain

Coming this September, Sam Harris’ new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice. Here’s our review…

Categories Free Tags books, meditation, practice, Sam Harris 1 Comment

Happiness upon reflection

February 21, 2013February 11, 2013 by Jennifer Hancock

Jennifer Hancock reminds that if we seek to have more happiness, we need to make more time for reflection…

Categories Free Tags feeling, humanism, meditation, Practices, thinking Leave a comment
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Can You Love Nature?

Can You Love Nature?

Exploring our unreciprocated love of nature…

A.I.: Avoiding Insanity

A.I.: Avoiding Insanity

The importance of genuine human interaction…

Spiritual Journaling

Spiritual Journaling

Leigh concludes her three article series on journaling…

Opus 100: My View of Spiritual Naturalism

Opus 100: My View of Spiritual Naturalism

A look back at some key articles on spiritual naturalism…

Reflections on Food Ethics

Reflections on Food Ethics

Considering what we eat…

Fast is Slow—Slow is Fast.

Fast is Slow—Slow is Fast.

Turning from the busyness of life, to the deepest business of life…

What Spiritual Naturalism Means to Me

What Spiritual Naturalism Means to Me

A second in our series of articles on how people view Spiritual Naturalism…

Subjectivity?

Subjectivity?

Toward the fullness of the Void…

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Naturalism and the Abiding Self

Naturalism and the Abiding Self

We are processes within processes that extend from the subatomic to the neurological, cultural, and to the cosmos…
Roots of SN, Part 5: Were Early Agricultural Peoples Naturalistic?

Roots of SN, Part 5: Were Early Agricultural Peoples Naturalistic?

A Neolithic development may have been crucial to naturalism… But were early humans naturalistic, or is “nature” a modern concept?
Facing Defeat and Despair with Compassion

Facing Defeat and Despair with Compassion

Dennis asks: Do you know situations which have no prospects of “success” or “betterment,” which can be  opportunities for compassionate action?…
Book Review: Religion Is Not About God, by Loyal Rue

Book Review: Religion Is Not About God, by Loyal Rue

“If religion is not about God, then what on earth is it about?” asks author Loyal Rue. B. T. Newberg reviews his answer in this groundbreaking book…

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What is Demeanor Practice? SN Today #5

What is Demeanor Practice? SN Today #5

Have you ever thought about the vibe you’re putting out into the world?
Thinking Through My Altruism

Thinking Through My Altruism

Should we give til it hurts or give til it feels good? Oliver discusses altruism as a way we help our self as we help others…
The Evolution of Morality

The Evolution of Morality

Our morality, our capacity to harm, help, or ignore each other, began with our earliest ancestors…
The Sacred and the Profane

The Sacred and the Profane

Seeing with the mind of sacred attentiveness…

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