Blogcrates

In this essay, I describe the more relaxed, "let it flow"-type of meditation technique I currently use. Here is a brief overview of the chapters: Just sit – The do something meditation and its built-in dilemma – More ways to fail – Let the mind meditate itself – Lost again – Resistance to the spectacle as part of the spectacle – Why bother? – Non-reactivity off the cushion – Primary pain, secondary suffering – On dullness – On passivity – Making the unconscious conscious – How far does it take you? – Meditation and depression – Judgement as suppression – Meditation as individuation – Concentration and distraction – Boredom and craving – Downsides to the do nothing approach

In this dialogue, Socrates tells José about his psychedelic experience and the two discuss the influence of repressed conflicts on seemingly rational truth claims in a variety of domains.

In this dialogue, Socrates and José talk about, among other things, unlikely coincidences, the scientific method, and whether it is ever beneficial to knowingly accept irrational beliefs.

In this essay, I describe a meditation technique that I frequently used some months ago, but which I've dropped since then in favour of a more relaxed let it flow-approach.