ISRAEL/PALESTINE AND THE DEATH OF DIALOGUE

BLOCKED BY A BUDDHA BRO

A Buddha Bro blocked me on “X” over the Israel/Palestine conflict. I had assumed we’d be able to dialogue across the polarization. We’re both Buddhist meditation teachers sharing a common lineage, friends, and mentors. We’ve both built online platforms dedicated to raising consciousness and culture. I’m half Jewish and he’s a quarter Palestinian. And we both grew up in the American South learning how to code-switch in a cultural milieu potholed with antisemitism and islamophobia.

Peak Experiences In Meditation – The Good News & The Bad News

The 10 Imperfections of Insight

What exactly are “peak experiences” in mindfulness meditation? In the course of your meditation path, you will gain extraordinary experiences that typically arise after a lot of hard work in the practice. For some, these peak experiences are relatively mild, but for most, they are quite strong and can even be mind-blowing. But as extraordinary and developmentally important as these experiences are, there’s good news and there’s bad news when it comes to peak experiences in meditation.