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The Heart Of The River
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Rivers of time, rivers of energy... how do the relationships of the mind, brain, emotions and body influence the quantum realm?
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Weekly Recap
This week I discussed the RAS, which is a structure in your brain that acts like a switch that goes back and forth from your rational brain to your emotional brain. I also brought up some dietary things that are good for your health like dark c...
Chocolate
Research has found that eating chocolate is healthy (see Science News, Mar18, 2000). Real cocoa contains flavonoids, which is a natural antioxidant. One 40 gram serving, (about the size of one typical chocolate bar) of pure milk chocolate...
Back To The Brain
Way back when I started talking about a structure in the brain called the RAS which is an abbreviation for reticular activation system. You can read the original article here. I have just today found another function of the RAS, apparentl...
Weekly Recap
This week saw me looking at various aspects of Buddhism and meditation, from descriptions of reality being like a waterfall, all the way to depictions of heavenly mind states. These posts have been a reflection of my attempt to understand Buddh...
States Of Mind
Have you ever thought of your mental state being like an actual place? Such as when you are in an intense state of joy, it's like for the moment that is where you are living. I know this is kind of a strange idea, but I like to think that your ...
Big Claims
Apparently according to the Buddhist texts I have been reading, practitioners of meditation after years and years of work result in uprooting all the negative aspects of mind. Greed, anger, jealousy, envy, all of these types of emotions and tho...

