Articles
Jeff’s new articles can now be found over on his Substack community, Home Base. Each week, he writes about some aspect of life, accompanied by a short guided audio meditation on the same theme.
Life on the Wheel of Consciousness
Wrote this for The New Scientist . It summarizes some of the different states of consciousness we pass through over the day and night.
Whole Body Absorption
Every morning for five days, our little group put on our climbing harnesses, clipped into a long snaking rope, and began our glacier ascent. As we explored the mountain peaks around us, we were also exploring a dimension of human happiness that depended on our body's capacity to get absorbed in experience.
The Begending
Last year, at a mood disorders clinic in Toronto, I was diagnosed bipolar. Whether or not I accepted the label, it was an accurate description of my symptoms. It had taken me so long to notice because mostly my moods were up. How could that be a problem? Being high is awesome, isn't it?