Perpetual Calm Isn’t Enlightenment. It Can Be Powerlessness in Disguise

The Obsession with Calm In the spiritual and personal development community, there is an over-emphasis—almost to the extent of an obsession—with calm.  We are sold this idea that the ultimate goal of consciousness work is to reach a state of perpetual, unbothered tranquility. We are told to regulate our nervous systems until we feel nothing […]