by Tony Zampella | Mar 27, 2023 | Wisdom
As first defined by William Davies of LRB, the term reaction economy best fits the lives we all navigate. To quote Davies, “Each of us becomes a junction box in a vast, complex network, receiving, processing, and emitting information in a semiautomatic fashion, and in...
by Tony Zampella | Feb 21, 2023 | Wisdom
Wisdom seems so elusive. I remember encountering the notion of wisdom three decades ago in a philosophy course. I felt a strong pull at my heart to seek this out, yet also a sinking dilemma: How do you make a living using wisdom? Much of my dilemma was rooted in...
by Tony Zampella | Jan 9, 2023 | Practice
The notion of slowing down has become a common refrain over the past decade. And at the beginning of a new year, it makes sense to contemplate our pace of life. Reflecting on the speed of change and volume of information and complexity can leave us more fragmented....
by Tony Zampella | Nov 14, 2022 | Practice, Spirituality
In this final blog, I connect a few important concepts related to restoring wisdom to mindfulness via Buddhist psychology. Recall that, in Part 3, I introduced the Four Noble Truths. We see mindfulness in the training category of “mental discipline” in the Eightfold...
by Tony Zampella | Oct 31, 2022 | Practice, Spirituality
Once we move beyond McMindfulness, as discussed in Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, we can explore the nature of mindfulness from its core teachings. In this part, I develop a pedagogy as a foundation for awakening. I’ve selected the most relevant core teachings,...
