How “Mindfulness” Lost Its Mind
What inspired you to write Mindlessness: The Corruption of Mindfulness in a Culture of Narcissism?…
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Sit Down and Shut Up: Pulling Mindfulness Up By Its (Buddhist) Roots
“Wisdom 2.0?” meditation teacher Kenneth Folk has famously pondered. “That’s a networking opportunity with a…
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Hopping on the Meditation Brandwagon: “Heartfulness” Makes Landfall in Los Angeles
As I leaned back in my chair and tried to focus on my breathing for…
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Spinning But Not Religious: Inside the New Economy of Spiritual Fitness
The body is big business. The Sports and Fitness Industry Association estimates that it generated $84.3…
Read MoreModern Mindfulness, Continued: Chade-Meng Tan Follows Up
Last week, The Cubit published an interview with Chade-Meng Tan, best known for his work…
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“Even the Rich Suffer”: An Interview with Google’s Jolly Good Fellow Chade-Meng Tan
If the words “corporate” and “mindfulness” no longer sound strange together, it’s partly because of the career of Chade-Meng Tan. A…
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Zen and the Art of Zombie Killing: A Buddhist Anti-Tech Manifesto
Why the current cultural fetish for zombies? In 2014’s Hooked, Nir Eyal ventures a guess: “Perhaps…
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Put Your Money Where Your Mind Is: A For-Profit Meditation Studio Opens in New York
Ellie Burrows and Lodro Rinzler had their big idea over a cup of tea. Certain…
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Gluten-Phobia, Sacred Volcanoes, Undercover Atheists: The Best Religion and Science Writing of 2015
This year saw the launch of the Cubit: RD’s answer to the mainstream media’s coverage…
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What the Critics of the Mindfulness Trend Don’t Get
It’s not simply reinforcing western privilege or turning us into contented drones.
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