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How to know if your meditation is working
Traditional and tech-based methods can reveal what your practice is doing – and give you the confidence to stick with it
by Matt Fuchs
A haunting in Brooklyn
At 25, I saw my grandfather’s ghost. At 52, I think of what it may mean to be a ghost
by Kathleen Donohoe
Spirituality can’t be reduced to what’s happening in the brain
Seeing the ‘mind’ as extending beyond the head can help us better understand the nature of transcendent experiences
by Mohammadamin Saraei
‘We are all always coming and going’
Steve Schwartzberg’s journey from Harvard psychologist to erotic healer, Buddhist and teacher was always haunted by death. Then he was diagnosed with terminal cancer
by Andrew Lawler
Existential crisis? Try reading Wordsworth
For many generations of readers, the poetry of William Wordsworth has been an irreplaceable balm for the soul
by Sam Dresser
How to start learning dance
Follow these steps to find a style of movement that will captivate you – even if you’ve never seen yourself as a dancer
by Dawn Davis Loring
Snorkelling taught me stillness
Snorkelling at an unassuming beach sharpened my attention to detail, revealing the tiny spectacles unfolding beneath me
by Natalie Bühler
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View allHow to know if your meditation is working
Traditional and tech-based methods can reveal what your practice is doing – and give you the confidence to stick with it
by Matt Fuchs
A haunting in Brooklyn
At 25, I saw my grandfather’s ghost. At 52, I think of what it may mean to be a ghost
by Kathleen Donohoe
Spirituality can’t be reduced to what’s happening in the brain
Seeing the ‘mind’ as extending beyond the head can help us better understand the nature of transcendent experiences
by Mohammadamin Saraei
Notes to self
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A poet-botanist’s lifelong pursuit of discovery
A film by Alex Darby and Jake Morris
How artists paint sound, and how musicians play paintings
Dancing in public is deeply vulnerable. Emma does it anyway
Helen Keller’s blissful encounter with Beethoven’s Ninth
The relentless work behind the poise of a world-class dancer
How Bobby McFerrin draws out mesmerising music from any audience
An autistic artist searches for the ‘souls’ of machines
Living off a dying sea
I am the last in a long line of shark hunters. As the ocean fades, so too does our way of life
Julius Kaspar, as told to Bharath Thampi
Spirituality can’t be reduced to what’s happening in the brain
Seeing the ‘mind’ as extending beyond the head can help us better understand the nature of transcendent experiences
by Mohammadamin Saraei
A haunting in Brooklyn
At 25, I saw my grandfather’s ghost. At 52, I think of what it may mean to be a ghost
by Kathleen Donohoe
In the bustle of the city, we need more pockets of serenity
Stillness shouldn’t be something you only find in nature. Well-designed urban spaces can be good for the nervous system, too
by Zsanett Ritli
‘We are all always coming and going’
Steve Schwartzberg’s journey from Harvard psychologist to erotic healer, Buddhist and teacher was always haunted by death. Then he was diagnosed with terminal cancer
by Andrew Lawler
How to start learning dance
Follow these steps to find a style of movement that will captivate you – even if you’ve never seen yourself as a dancer
by Dawn Davis Loring
Your purpose isn’t something to find, it’s something you form
In my therapy office, I’ve found that to live with greater purpose, we must think differently about where it comes from
by Ross White
Reality shifting opens portals to the weirdness of our world
It’s easy to denounce ‘reality shifting’ as a shared delusion. But there is value in making the world feel unfamiliar
by Ed Simon
What can we learn by taking transcendent UFO stories seriously?
Directed by Matthew Salton
A lesson from the Son of Man’s manhood
Renaissance artists paid uncommon attention to Jesus’ nether regions. What does this breach in modesty reveal about art?
by Sam Dresser
Let the mystery be
As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark
by Nettie Reynolds
From prison, a bank robber and acclaimed author reflects on time
Directed by Jason Young
The sauna life
Each cycle of steam and cold brought me closer to the land, my mother, and the version of myself I’d left behind
by Katja Pettinen
Why are we so drawn to characters that take us to moral extremes?
Video by Psyche
Converted by Sister Ruth
At a Texas convent, what could a sublimely uncouth sister in her mid-80s teach me about helping people?
by Ronald W Dworkin