Ronald Purser

Anything that offers success in our unjust society without trying to change it is not revolutionary — it just helps people cope.

Stress has been pathologized and privatized, and the burden of managing it outsourced to individuals.

Mindfulness-based interventions fulfill this purpose by therapeutically optimizing individuals to make them “mentally fit,” attentive and resilient so they may keep functioning within the system. Such capitulation seems like the farthest thing from a revolution and more like a quietist surrender.