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The Awakening Brain
Like science, Buddhism encourages people to take nothing on faith alone and does not require a belief in God. It also has a detailed model of the mind that translates well to psychology and neurology
One of the greatest remaining scientific questions: What is the relationship between the mind and the brain, especially regarding conscious experience?
Virtue, mindfulness, and wisdom are supported by the three fundamental functions of the brain: regulation, learning, and selection
When you set out on the path of awakening, you begin wherever you are. It takes time to become what we already are.
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When you change your brain, you change your life
A revolution in science has recently revealed that the adult brain remains open to change throughout the lifespan.
The simple truth is that how we focus our attention, how we intentionally direct the flow of energy and information through our neural circuits, can directly alter the brain’s ...
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The Self-Transforming Brain
Our relationships with one another are not a casual part of our lives; they are fundamental to how our minds function and are an essential aspect of brain health.
This means that the way we communicate alters the very circuitry of our brain, especially in ways that help keep our lives in ba...
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The brain is the primary mover and shaper of the mind
Reasonable working hypothesis is that the mind is what the brain does.
What flows through your mind sculpts your brain. Thus, you can use your mind to change your brain for the better.
All that information is what we define broadly as the mind, most of which is forever outside your aw...
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Neuroscientists Working On The Brain
Scientists have been carrying out experiments and tests on the brain to understand its many functions and also to manipulate brain activity. New, increasingly detailed maps of the brain are now being drawn out.
Breakthroughs in technology let us change the brain’s structure, or plug it to ...
The sources of consciousness
At the extremes consciousness can be a side-effect of information processing (neurons firing in our brain causing this feeling of "being me") or panpsychism, the idea that consciousness is fundamental to the structure of the universe (atoms are conscious).
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The plasticity of the brain
Neuroscience research demonstrates the power of positive psychology:
- Studies showed that repetitive negative thinking causes one pattern of brain activity, while positive thoughts can produce another.
- Practices such as gratitude, mindfulness, and phy...
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