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Can we see the world as it is?

Posted in brain, tagged , , , , on October 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Can we see reality as it is? Beau Lotto’s optical illusions point us in the direction that the brain did not evolve to see the world as it is but the way it was useful to see it in the past and the brain is constantly learning. There is no inherent meaning in information we [...]

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The door makes no promise

Posted in Mind, brain, practice, tagged , on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Have started listening to the  program “Meditations that can change your life” by Rick Hanson and Rick Mendius that they recorded for Sounds True. Both are interested in neurology and Buddism. It appears our brain is biologically biased towards negativity to ensure our survival and we tend to remember and overestimate the importance the negative [...]

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Chemistry of love

Posted in Relationships, brain, tagged , , , , , , on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Unfortunate Coincidence
By the time you swear you’re his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying -
Lady make a note of this:
One of you is lying.
-Dorothy Parker

I don’t share Dorothy Parker’s pessimism when it comes to the matters of heart but have noticed that many times it is exactly following the heart that brought [...]

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Meditation and the brain

Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, brain, resources, tagged , , , on April 24, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Although not a mega meditator, with time I noticed some effects of meditation and got curious in what exactly happens in the brain when I sit on the cushion and watch my mind jumping around,  patiently learning to bring attention to the intention and stay with life itself instead of the virtual reality my mind [...]

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If I didn’t tell my body to fight, who did? (2)

Posted in Books and Ideas, Mind, brain, tagged , , , , on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So what was happening in my brain that night?
The picture gets clearer as I read about how information my brain receives through eyes and ears travels inside the brain. It is first transmitted to the auditory and visual thalamus and from there it takes two different paths. The first one goes to the cortex, where [...]

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If I didn’t tell my body to fight, who did? (1)

Posted in Books and Ideas, Mind, brain, tagged , , , , , on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Anyways, what all this brain science talk is good for on the day to dy level? How can learning about my brain mechanics help me better understand myself or why I act the way I do?
In “Mind wide open: Why you are what you think” Steven Jonson embarks on a fascinating trip inside his own [...]

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Copying by way of crafts

Posted in Books and Ideas, Handmade, Mind, Response, brain, tagged , , , , on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I got another one of those knitting fits that strike me now and then. In the last few years I noticed that I experienced the knitting itch not only when I had pleanty of free time but surprisingly also when I felt I had no free time at all. For example this last one came [...]

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