However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over the years.

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Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from...

Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from...

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is...

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is...

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional...

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional...

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't...

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't...

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal...

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal...

But there has also been a notable increase in recent years of these applications by...

But there has also been a notable increase in recent years of these applications by...

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get...

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get...

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or...

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or...

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then...

If you do a practice and train your attention to hover in the present, then...

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are...

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are...

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about...

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about...

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously...

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously...

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend...

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend...

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions...

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions...

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.