Winter 2020
A Rough Guide to Meditation Posture + Recommended Supplies
Spring 2020
How & Why to Quit Shopping on Amazon
Autumn 2019
The Appropriate Amount to Give at Donation-Based Events
Summer 2019
Ultimate Meditation Resource Guide – Books, Courses, Websites, Movies, etc.
Zen Meditation vs. Vipassana / Insight Meditation
Spring 2019
Is Focusing Intensely on my Studies the Same As Meditation?
Worried about Meditation Posture – What To Do?
Winter 2018/2019
Four Ways to Evaluate A Spiritual Teacher
Meditation Groups (Sanghas): Why Go & The Most Important Things To Look For
Every Buddhist Meditation Group/Center In Portland Oregon
A Meditation Teacher’s Reflection on a Three Week Solitary Vipassana Retreat
Mindfulness Meditation & Thinking: How To Work With It And What The Goal Is
Autumn 2018
Insight Meditation (aka Vipassana): The What, Why, How & The Difference From Secular Mindfulness
The Three Ways to Work With Sleepiness in Meditation
Is it Best to Have Eyes Open or Closed while Meditating?
Summer 2018
On Becoming Vegan — Why I did it, Why I’m Sticking With It, And How I Stay Healthy
Spring 2018
A Rough Guide to Eating Meditation — For Beginning & Advanced Meditators
A Rough Guide to Walking Meditation — For Beginning & Advanced Meditators
Three Types of Gratitude – And Practices to Develop Each one
What to Do When You Can’t Fall Asleep
December 2017
Introducing Insight and Wisdom in Mindfulness Meditation (Part 1)
How to Measure the Strength of an Insight (Part 2)
The Difference between “Psychological” and “Meditative” Insight (Part 3)
The Three Core Insights of Mindfulness Meditation (Part 4)
How to Attain Wisdom & Insight in Three Steps (Part 5)
Six Important Things to Know after a Major Insight (Part 6)
November 2017
The Four Reasons People Actually Meditate (Instead of just Thinking about it)
How to Understand the most Important Teaching in Buddhism: Dukkha
October 2017
My Basic Approach to Mindfulness Meditation
How Mindfulness Helps you Walk the Three Roads to Awakening
September 2017
What Makes Mindfulness Meditation Unique
The Three Roads on the Path of Sincerity: Are You Walking Them?
August 2017
Why Living Truthfully Matters
June 2017
The Three Levels of Truth and How to Live Them
May 2017
How to Make Sense of all the Different Styles of Meditation
A Rough Guide to Why & Where to Go on Meditation Retreat
From Years of Travel to Intensive Meditation: What I Learned about Freedom
April 2017
The Top Six Benefits I’ve Gotten from 10,000+ Hours of Meditation Practice
A Real Life Example of How “Sincerity Work” Unfolds
March 2017
How I learned to Love Myself
My Three Years Ago Life Philosophy
My Life Philosophy in One Sentence
February 2017
The Four Stages of Competence Theory in Meditation
Two Paradigms of Mastery: Flow vs. Deliberate Practice
January 2017
The Two Approaches to Getting Unstuck
Using Meditation to Think Efficiently
December 2016
When your Biggest Obstacle Is not Having a Vision
“Tricking Yourself” into Life-Changing Insight
Shamanic Journeys vs. Mindfulness Meditation
November 2016
Becoming an Artist of Sucking
October 2016
Why Meditate? Or, Dialogues with the Heart
The Three Types of Business; or, Removing Suffering
Evolved Mindfulness: How to “Witness” and Deeply Feel your Inner Reality
September 2016
Could you Be Happy if this Was it?
The Four Definitions of Awareness
August 2016
Acceptance vs. Understanding: Tales from the Road
Knowledge Is Power vs. Ignorance Is Bliss
Authenticity vs. Sincerity: Experiences of a Meditator (Part II)
July 2016
Authenticity vs. Sincerity: Experiences of a Meditator (Part I)
A Fascinating Comfort Zone Experiment
On Meditation: Three Ways to Handle a “Brick Wall”
June 2016
The Importance of Ready Position
Serious vs. Sincere: Experiences of a Meditator
Formal vs. Informal Meditation
Working with Impulses in Meditation: The Rule of Three
On Mindfulness: Dogs vs. Humans
Rethinking Progress in Meditation
The Inner Voice vs. the Ego
Mindfulness-based “Stress Reduction” vs. “Wisdom Cultivation”
GDP and the Limitations of Personal Growth
May 2016
Meditation Is a Doctor
On Sincerity and Doing whatever you Want
Peace of Mind in Three Levels of Quietness
The “Inner Gravity” of Sincerity
Authenticity vs. Sincerity
The Buddhist Understanding of Saddha: or, Faith vs. Conviction
Your Mind Is an Inbox
April 2016
Why I Became a Monk
Laughing Buddha vs. Still Faced Buddha
The Dirtiest Word in the English Language
Two Types of Good Attitude
On Wealth
On Anger
The Two Types of Desire: Wisdom and Craving