"Instead of encouraging radical action, mindfulness says the causes of suffering are disproportionately inside us, not in the political and economic frameworks that shape how we live."https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jun/14/the-mindfulness-conspiracy-capitalist-spirituality?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard …
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"mindfulness programmes do not ask executives to examine how their managerial decisions and corporate policies have institutionalised greed, ill will and delusion. Instead, the practice is being sold to executives as a way to de-stress, improve productivity and focus..."
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This article was going so well then Zizek got quoted
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"Mindfulness isn’t cruel in and of itself. It’s only cruel when fetishised and attached to inflated promises. [...] The cruelty lies in supporting the status quo while using the language of transformation."
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Mindfullness tries to teach you how to cope with a capitalist hellscape, climate catastrophe, racism, etc. Nothing wrong with knowing how to cope, of course, but... *clears throat*
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