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MMQG Shared DNA - part 1

When we speak of the shared DNA of Meditation (ध्यान dhyāna), Mindfulness (सति sati), and Qi Gong (氣功 qìgōng), we are not merely cataloguing superficial similarities among three practices that emerged in distinct cultural contexts. Rather, we are probing into the ontological ground that allows such practices to arise at all, and which manifests itself across traditions as a perennial striving for…

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Attention as Liberation – MMQG through Mindfulness

The contemporary discourse of mindfulness is plagued by a profound reductionism, one that has transmuted ancient practices of radical presence into commodified self-help techniques designed to make workers more productive within the very structures that exhaust them. The term “McMindfulness” has come to symbolise this degradation, the emptying out of depth and transformative power in favour of…