Monthly Archives: February 2015

Mindfulness is Stupid!

By Joseph Rhinewine | Published: February 21, 2015

Mindfulness is stupid in many ways. It’s stupidly easy. It’s stupidly simple. And in some cases, it’s just plain stupid. Our minds make mindfulness meditation complicated. Really, it’s just sitting still paying attention to what’s happening in the present moment. Stupid-simple. But our minds want things fancy. We try to achieve some special state, or […]

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Fame: So You Want to Be A Big Shot?

By Joseph Rhinewine | Published: February 15, 2015

I recently have had the good fortune to be in contact with a moderately famous person whom I’ve admired for much of my life. What I notice is that my first impulse, having some access to him, is to pester him as much as possible. This is unfortunate, but telling. Fame makes us strange–both the […]

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