mind

Altering Your Memory

13 Jun 13 | Iowa State University
You can manipulate an existing memory simply by suggesting new or different information. The key is timing and recall of that memory.

Nature Spirits

23 May 13 | Stuart Wilde, Zen-Haven
Most people don’t believe in nature spirits and to talk about them often invites ridicule. What image we have of them has usually been corrupted by misinformation.

Zen Freedom

23 May 13 | Tim Lott, Aeon
Free will and fate are both illusions. The trick is learning to sail with the prevailing winds of life.

Science, Spirituality and the Origin of Consciousness

13 May 13 | Interview: Greg Moffitt, Legalise Freedom
Peter Russell discusses the crumbling barriers between science and spirituality, and what contemporary research may be telling us about the origin and nature of consciousness.

Disfluency

7 Apr 13 | Interview: Jennifer Jacquet, Edge
Adam Alter is interested in examining the concrete ways in which we are affected by subtle cues, such as symbols, culture, and colors. In this conversation, we learn on how we experience fluent and disfluent information.

On Meditation

13 Mar 13 | YouTube
Peter Russell and Eckhart Tolle discuss how meditation should be effortless, an open awareness to the present moment.

Our Kinship With Gaia

19 Feb 13 | Interview: Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Future Primitive
Stephen H. Buhner is a poet and the author of books on nature, indigenous cultures, and herbal medicine. A conversation about the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth. Audio.

Answering the Call

7 Feb 13 | Jonathan H. Edwards, Reality Sandwich
Suppose, just for a moment, that all your favorite stories are true. Not literally true or true in every detail, but true in essence. To take a favorite and current example, what if the stories of our lives are not so different from, say, that of Bilbo Baggins?

The Sound of Surprise

28 Jan 13 | Alfonso Montuori, Integral Leadership Review
On Order, Disorder, Creativity, and Trust.

The Normal Well-Tempered Mind

17 Jan 13 | Edge
The brain’s a computer, but it’s so different from any computer that we’re used to. It’s a much more interesting phenomenon. A conversation with philosopher Daniel C. Dennett.

The Power of Affirmative Language

13 Jan 13 | Christopher Bergland, Psychology Today
Choosing positive words improves mindset and performance.

The Anxiety of the Long-Distance Meditator

7 Jan 12 | Jeff Warren, New York Times
Although surface fears may continue, many practitioners report that the fear that comes from maintaining an artificial sense of separation from the world around us – that can actually fall away.

Zen and the Art of Losing Your Mind

21 Dec 12 | Vikram Zutshi, Reality Sandwich
After years of studying the scriptures, on a personal level I felt that perhaps a departure from dry academia would be necessary to taste the essence of the teachings.

Turning the Wheels of the Mind

1 Dec 12 | Scott A. McGreal, Psychology Today
Clockwise movements increase openness to experience and desire for novelty.

Mysteries of Our Brain

19 Nov 12 | Interview: Mark Kishon Christopher, You Tube
Tony Wright, author of the book Left in the Dark, discusses his theory of human evolution, including the resulting in rare traits such as high cognitive function and a profound sense of empathy. Video.

Confessions of a Precog

7 Nov 12 | Mark Heley, Reality Sandwich
One of the significant aspects of precognition that distinguishes from it from directed psychic activity is that is involuntary. Precognition happens to the precog.

The Meaning of Near Death Experiences in This Life

29 Oct 12 | Glenn Croston, Psychology Today
The explanation for near death experiences is often debated, but whatever their explanation these experiences have a profound impact on those who have them.

Brain might not stand in the way of free will

1 Sep 12 | Anil Ananthaswamy, NewScientist
Advocates of free will can rest easy, for now. A 30-year-old classic experiment that is often used to argue against free will might have been misinterpreted.

Being in Awe Can Expand Time and Enhance Well-Being

17 Aug 12 | Lucy Hyde, Association for Psychological Science
It doesn’t matter what we’ve experienced – at some point in our lives we’ve all had the feeling of being in a complete and overwhelming sense of awe.

Quantum Consciousness

13 Aug 12 | Kingsley L. Dennis, Reality Sandwich
An excerpt from The Struggle for Your Mind, in which Dennis reveals the emerging mechanisms for neurogenetic evolution within the brains of gifted individuals, psychics, and visionaries.