The Science of Meditation
Key points about the brain and how the mind and brain can change each other.
Glossary: The Neurology of Awakening
Here is a glossary of terms from the Wise Brain Bulletin written by Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius.
Right Intention – Part 2
Of course, the first question regarding intention is, for what?
All the great wisdom traditions of the world, and all the great moral philosophers, have grappled with this question. What should we want?
Intersection of Neuropsychology and Contemplative Disciplines
Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius are interviewed by Patrizia Collard from the School of Psychology, University of East London, UK.
The Neurology of Awareness and Self
It is sometimes said that the three greatest – and toughest, and most significant – remaining scientific questions are these: What caused the Big Bang? What is the “Grand Unified Theory” that integrates quantum mechanics and general relativity? What is the conscious self?
Oneness Podcast
We spoke about how Western Buddhism, transcendental learning and gratitude for opportunity all play an important role in getting in touch with your faith and finding true purpose and happiness in life.
The Neurology of Intention
Our intentions arise in the brain, are represented in the brain, and are pursued in the brain. Where else? Therefore, a basic understanding of how intentions work in the brain – and thus in your mind – is a very useful thing to have.
The Two Wings of Psychological Growth and Contemplative Practice
Any form of psychological development requires two fundamental activities/skills/functions: being with what is and working with what is.
True Happiness
Is there a particular type of mindset keeps us from finding true happiness ? For our ancestors to survive, they learned to find the bad in situations. In today’s modern age, the human mind is still programmed to latch onto the bad even though that mindset is unnecessary.
How Gratitude Can Change Your Life
”Without gratitude, life can be lonely, depressing and impoverished. Gratitude enriches human life. It elevates, energizes, inspires and transforms, and those who practice it will experience significant improvements in several areas of life including relationships, academics, energy level and even dealing with tragedy and crisis.”
Using the Will: Key Points
Using the will means helping yourself to want the good thing, to stick with your good resolutions and intentions easily, without white-knuckling. It’s a combination of virtue and good purposes.
How to Master the Superpower that Builds All Other Powers
In this episode – we go deep on mastering the superpower that underpins all other powers, how your brain’s automatic survival mechanism tilts you towards unhappiness, growing the mental resources to deal with the biggest challenges of your life
Train Your Brain: Taking in the Good – Key Points
In a profound sense, we are what we remember – the slow accumulation of the registration of lived experience. That’s what we have “taken in” to become a part of ourselves. Just as food becomes woven into the body, memory becomes woven into the self.
Right Mindfulness
Right Mindfulness is one of the three elements of the Path that focus particularly on your internal states of being (the others are Right Effort and Right Concentration).
Insight: Key Points
With Insight, you understand the factors that shape your reactions. Your reactions are not fixed and inevitable. They are constructed within your mind – which is very hopeful, since it means you can send them in a better direction.