Diversity is a Strength, but We Forgot to Do These Things First Eric Michelson Culture, Life, Personal, Relationships, Society “Diversity is our strength!” That’s a thing people like to say. Usually those people are young, US American liberals who enjoy interacting with people from different cultures. And... Read More...
The Mold: How Society Thinks We Should Be Eric Michelson Life, Society Society expects us to fit into a mold. And society has countless molds that it expects us to fit into. There’s the Body Type Mold, the Moral Standards Mold, the Workplace Behavior Mold, and the largest, mos... Read More...
Beginning Practice: How To Practice Mindfulness Meditation Eric Michelson Meditation, Meditation Guides NOTE: This practice is not the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (in Buddhism). Instead, this is meant as a simple, relatable, and understandable way to begin a mindfulness meditation practice. Mindfulness... Read More...
What is Buddhist Karma? Eric Michelson Philosophy, The East 2 Most ideas of "karma" are something along the lines of this: What you put out, you get back. That is, if you do good things, you get good things back. When you do bad things, you get bad things back... Read More...
How To Deal With Pain During Meditation Eric Michelson Meditation, Mind Discussion Pain during meditation is one of the most common ailments when beginning a meditation practice. In particular, pain usually manifests in one of two forms: Back pain Leg pain “Pain” is typicall... Read More...
What Does It Mean To “Follow Your Bliss”? It Doesn’t Mean “Be A Dick” Eric Michelson Culture, Philosophy, The West “If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and... Read More...
I’m Right, You’re Wrong… That’s My Opinion Eric Michelson Personal Everyone has an opinion. We know this... But the thing we don't often pay attention to is the process of how an opinion becomes "truth". An opinion starts becoming truth when it becomes p... Read More...
5 Steps Toward Building A Realistic Relationship With Anyone Eric Michelson Personal, Relationships There are over 7 billion people in this world. Some of these people are: Mean people Nice people Transgendered people Brown people Kind people Asexual people Beautiful pe... Read More...
How To Achieve World Peace Eric Michelson Culture, Society, The Everything Else, The World How do we achieve world peace? Hint: It’s really easy. Well, I think it’s easy. At least, it’s easy in theory. Maybe a little more difficult in practice. But really, not even that difficult. "World pea... Read More...
What Is Meditation? An Easy-To-Understand, Non-Sectarian, Non-Religious, Super Grounded Introduction To Meditation Eric Michelson Meditation, Meditation Guides Meditation means a lot of things to a lot of people. Some associate it with religion. Some associate it with stress management. Some even associate it with witchcraft. Unfortunately, these preconcepti... Read More...