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B. Alan Wallace - Toward the First Revolution in Mind Sciences

Posted on Feb 25th, 2008 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

An excellent Google Tech-Talk featuring B. Alan Wallace. Physicist, monk, psychologist, and neuroscientist B. Alan Wallace explains why the first real revolution in the mind sciences hasn't occurred yet. B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D. has been... More »

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Neuroscience and Buddhism

Posted on Dec 30th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

The still emerging field of neuroscience has revolutionized our understanding of human behavior and the human mind. We now know that certain chemicals (or the lack of them) in the brain can cause specific mental... More »

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Daily Dharma: Our Minds are Used to Thinking

Posted on Oct 29th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Today's Daily Dharma from Tricycle : Our Minds are Used to Thinking   Our minds are used to thinking, but when we want to become calm and peaceful that is exactly what we have to... More »

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Journaling for Mental Health

Posted on Oct 1st, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ image source ] Writing in a journal is a well-known and highly regarded way of getting in touch with our feelings. But an article in the last issue of Scientific American Mind suggests that... More »

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Speedlinking 9/17/07

Posted on Sep 17th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Quote of the day : "If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport." ~ George Winters Image of the day : BODY ~ Diet plays a... More »

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The Integral Mind

Posted on Sep 15th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

I made one of my regular visits to my favorite used book store today. Among the handful of treasures I picked up was a book by Merlin Donald , a cognitive neuroscientist and author of... More »

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Daily Dharma: Fundamental Dharma

Posted on Jul 19th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ Mindfulness ] Today's Daily Dharma from Tricycle is very good -- this is something everyone can try, a kind of Buddhist experiment where we can confirm with each other the results we get. Fundamental... More »

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Daily Dharma: A Pond of Clear Water

Posted on Jun 23rd, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ image source ] Today's Daily Dharma from Tricycle: A Pond of Clear Water All of [the] hindrances--desire, anger, sloth and torpor, restlessness, doubt--are mental factors. They are not self, just impersonal factors functioning in... More »

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Speedlinking 5/22/07

Posted on May 22nd, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Quote of the day : "The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Image of the day : BODY ~ Blood on the Barbell:... More »

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Two New Books on Consciousness

Posted on May 21st, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Two new books on consciousness that seem worth the read. First up, Consciousness and Its Place in Nature: Does Physicalism Entail Panpsychism? by Galen Strawson and et al · Imprint Academic, 285 pp, £17.95. ($34.90... More »

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