Meditation for the 99%

It’s okay that you want Trump to die from COVID-19. It’s also okay if you feel bad for him, like you would anyone suffering. Your internal world isn’t social media. There’s no “right” or “woke” feeling. There’s room inside of you for all your thoughts and feelings. Infinite space for resentment, sadness, anger, disbelief, apathy.

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As social worker and author Brené Brown says, "The most compassionate people I’ve interviewed over the past 13 years were absolutely the most boundaried … loving and generous and really straightforward with what’s okay and what’s not okay."

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I was catching up with a therapist friend recently when a light bulb went off in my mind: Meditation is harm reduction. It doesn’t solve the deeper emotional issues that cause many of our problems. But it helps us feel a little better in the here and now.

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Our endless fears, worries, and resentments make life harder. But what if—like the Tibetan Buddhist teacher Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche once put it—we could turn our unsettled mind into an ally?

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Where did my tendency to hustle and strive and work all the time come from? Why am I almost always planning and worrying about the future? Why can’t I rest more often? Why am I afraid to fully let go and relax? Why am I constantly standing on the balls of my feet, leaning headfirst into the future?

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Ever heard of the concept of projection? It's a powerful psychological phenomenon that impacts pretty much every aspect of your life. Here's how to work with it.

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I meditate because otherwise I’d overlook the small things that are practice for the big things.

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As James Clear has documented, stopping a habit or starting a healthy one is often easiest when broken down into continuous small improvements. “All big things come from small beginnings,” he writes. “The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision.”

Avoiding shame, I believe, is the most powerful “single, tiny decision” we can make.

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So much is up in the air. Protests. A pandemic. The economy. A fascist president provoking his base with dog whistles about “law and order.” But—as it always is—the truth is in the uncertainty. It’s down there in the muck. It’s in noticing the urge to control and then letting go. It’s in the “I don’t know.”

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Whenever I feel guilt about my place in society, I turn my attention to solidarity.

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