Scientists at Johns Hopkins University announced this week that they have found a way to erase memories. But would such a procedure change who we are? Source: If we erase our memories, do we erase ourselves? | Need to Know | PBS
Moral Traits, Not Memory, Considered Core Component of Our Identity
For families of those with Alzheimer’s disease, it’s the changes in behavior and not loss of memory which makes those close say the patient isn’t the same person any more. Source: Moral Traits, Not Memory, Considered Core Component of Our Identity – Neuroscience News
How A Book About How Snipers Think Can Change Your Life And Save Your Business
A book about snipers dives deep into the cognitive analytical skills they routinely employ. Source: How A Book About How Snipers Think Can Change Your Life And Save Your Business
Our Actions Define Us, Not Our Words
It is likely that many times we have been surprised by, or even deceived by, the behavior and actions of others. Source: Our Actions Define Us, Not Our Words – Exploring your mind
Do our actions define us?
Good read from a blog worth following…
It’s not who you are underneath, it’s what you do that defines you.Â
I have always loved this quote from Batman Begins. There is a lot of truth in it. But when you think about this quote deeply, you realize that something is missing. It’s true that we can talk big but what ultimately matters is what we do about our dreams, ideals and promises. But do actions tell us everything?
Let’s say there are two people: A and B. Both help others as much as they can. On surface, their actions look similar but their intentions could be completely different. Maybe A is helping people because he is feeling guilty about something. Or maybe, he wants brownie points for entering heaven. Or maybe, he has a hidden desire to be appreciated and being helpful is a means to this end.
A person might say that he/she loves you. He/she does…
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Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis. Source: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – The Atlantic
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
This looks interesting!
Sometimes by David Whyte
Sometimes
if you move carefully
through the forest,
breathing
like the ones
in the old stories,
who could cross
a shimmering bed of leaves
without a sound,
you come to a place
whose only task
is to trouble you
with tiny
but frightening requests,
conceived out of nowhere
but in this place
beginning to lead everywhere.
Requests to stop what
you are doing right now,
and
to stop what you
are becoming
while you do it,
questions
that can make
or unmake
a life,
questions
that have patiently
waited for you,
questions
that have no right
to go away.
Am I the only one who thinks this looks like fun?
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Tiny Homes On Airbnb
Intrigued by tiny homes? There’s no better backdrop for your fall vacay. Source: Tiny Homes On Airbnb – mindbodygreen
Communicating Mindfully in Relationships
Setting an intention to improve communication in your relationship. Source: Communicating Mindfully in Relationships | Psychology Today
Why Getting Outside Helps Quiet Danica Patrick’s Monkey Mind
“It’s helped me more in life than anything. It’s about being comfortable where you are at and becoming your own best friend.” What is the it? Go to the Source: Why Getting Outside Helps Quiet Danica Patrick’s Monkey Mind – mindbodygreen
Moment der Einigkeit inmitten von Hass
Bei einer Kundgebung weißer Trump-Unterstützer in Washington, fanden Gegendemonstranten der Black-Lives-Matter-Bewegung unerwartet Gehör. Source: Moment der Einigkeit inmitten von Hass
How To Stop Being A People-Pleaser (At Least A Little)
Want to stop being a people pleaser? This post is for you. I’ll tell you the one sentence that has helped me please less and so ‘no’ without guilt. Source: How To Stop Being A People-Pleaser (At Least A Little) –
How Our Minds Are Being Hacked, and What We Can Do About It
Dr. Robert Lustig joined us in the studio to talk about his new book, The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains. Dr. Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist who is also author of the book Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease. He talks to us about how corporate interests have worked to keep us addicted to pleasure—and how our addictions have robbed us of happiness. Source: How Our Minds Are Being Hacked, and What We Can Do About It
For the American Hendrix
Great Jimi Hendrix post by Frank Hudson…
Today’s piece uses my own words to present some images regarding American musician and songwriter Jimi Hendrix. Just like William Carlos Williams meditation on a small plant last time, I pretty much follow the famous Imagist rules: direct treatment of the thing, no unnecessary words, and musical phrasing instead of mechanical metrical feet.
Each one of the images opens up what I hope is a rich question. It’s my hope that the resulting poem and audio piece assists you in remembering these questions that I see as posed in Hendrix’s life. Here is the poem I wrote and used with today’s music:
For the American Hendrix
And then he laid the guitar down, and set it afire
Which seems silly or sacred, depending on the art
He had only to keep himself alive, which would kill him.
He took every stop on the three 21 fret train tracks,
Slid between…
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An Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
Well done article on how to achieve mindfulness meditation…
For the most part, I’ve been living in a glow of happiness and healthiness since my kidney transplant. But this week, stress crept back into my life.
Three reasons:
First, my kidney doctor thinks I’ve been pushing too fast with exercise and wants me to slow down. So I’m walking more, running less and avoiding weights altogether. I’ve lost an important stress reliever.
Second, I’ve been commissioned to write a book. I owe a chapter a week. The timelines are easily manageable, yet I’m allowing these external deadlines to create stress I don’t get when working on my own projects.
Third, it’s been three months since my transplant. Doctors advise kidney recipients to plan to go back to work three months post-transplant. Even though I’ve been working for weeks, I’m allowing this artificial date to impose expectations on my productivity.
In the months before my transplant, I was feeling…
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