The Contemplative Scientist

Meditation

Can Two Ancient Practices Unlock Our Mental Health Crisis?

Cortland Dahl Ph.D. on April 11, 2025

What if meditation and psychedelics together held the key to healing? This powerful pairing is reshaping mental health and unlocking new paths to transformation.

What if meditation and psychedelics together held the key to healing? This powerful pairing is reshaping mental health and unlocking new paths to transformation.

Mindfulness

The Art of Doing Less

Cortland Dahl Ph.D. on February 27, 2025

You wake up, grab your phone, and the race begins. But what if the real problem isn’t stress but never stopping? Research reveals that mindfulness isn’t a luxury. It’s survival.

You wake up, grab your phone, and the race begins. But what if the real problem isn’t stress but never stopping? Research reveals that mindfulness isn’t a luxury. It’s survival.

Spirituality

Spark of Potential: Buddhist Insights on Spiritual Teachers

Cortland Dahl Ph.D. on October 23, 2024

Personal Perspective: How role models can spark transformation on the path to awakening.

Personal Perspective: How role models can spark transformation on the path to awakening.

Meditation

Developing a Rich Inner Life

Cortland Dahl Ph.D. on August 26, 2024

Buddhist psychology is based on a positive view of human nature. Instead of trying to fix our shortcomings, we learn to nurture the parts of ourselves that were never broken.

Buddhist psychology is based on a positive view of human nature. Instead of trying to fix our shortcomings, we learn to nurture the parts of ourselves that were never broken.