Here is a slightly edited exchange between me and a philosophically engaged practitioner of Buddhist meditation who contacted me for what...

Morell Maison started reading my book, The Counterfactaul Theory of Free will: A Genuinely Deterministic Form of Soft Determinism...

This video is a collage of celebrities endorsing meditation, for whatever that's worth. But it at least shows that many in the successful...

Jiddhu Krishnamurti (JK) once said he abhors all gurus. Why? He was adopted by the Theosophical Society (TS) at an early age as if he was...

Mantra (Sanskrit) is any word, phrase, or prayer, chanted aloud or mentally, used as a form of meditation practice, basically as a...

Critics of the widespread secular adoption of mindfulness meditation and related techniques from Buddhism (and/or Hinduism, Taoism, etc.)...

How to Build a Stronger Foundation: a chat with Rick Repetti and Jim Luisi, hosted by Mark Gleason, APEX Level to Power (podcast),...

Prof. Repetti, How might meditation help with pain. I was advised to try to meditate by just paying heightened attention to the pain, but...

I never thought having a meditation practice was necessarily an indication of anything especially ethical about the person who has a...

A weathervane is designed to move in the direction of the wind, indicating its direction. A compass is designed to move in the direction...

Doubt is typically an indication of uncertainty, whereas knowledge typically implies certainty. While there may be exceptions to either,...

Dear Professor Repetti: You've said that everyone should have a conscious philosophy of life. I am not sure I have one. I've been too...

The self-help genre has roots in the Greco-Roman era, when philosophy was thought of as a way of life, particularly under the guidance of...

Laughter is medicine for the soul, on the one hand, by exposing the inherent humor, absurdity, or irony of existence, and thereby...

Stage 1. A guy goes up to a Zen hot dog vendor and says “make me one with everything”. Stage 2. The vendor prepares a hot dog with the...

Zumbach’s Suit Seth never had any need for a suit before, but he was invited by his best friend to be his best man at his upcoming...

A talk I gave about my favorite topic, at the Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village, NYC, under the auspices of the Gotham...

Here is a link to the podcast, Episode #261, of my interview by Ted Meissner of The Secular Buddhist. Ted generously afforded me quite a...

“Free-Will-Possessing and Enlightened Buddhist Brains in Vats,” by Rick Repetti. Audio file. Panel Five: Freedom & Responsibility....