Tag: mindfulness
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Inside Out Perception
We are what we think.All that we are arises with our thoughts.With our thoughts we make the world. — The opening of the Dhammapada, translated by Thomas Byron I’ve been learning the modern neuroscience of perception and consciousness. It’s very different than the model I learned in grad school in the ’90s. For example, I…
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Zen and Running
I often listen to audio books or podcasts as I run. Lately I’ve been listening to Living Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck. The audiobook is a compilation of her dharma talks on many aspects of Zen practice. To my way of thinking, Beck is a hard-nosed teacher. She teaches incremental practice and largely avoids…
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Telling myself fewer stories
I was hanging out with a friend this weekend and she asked me why I practice Buddhism. I thought about it for a moment, and answered that it helps me stop telling myself so many stories. My friend replied “that’s the first answer I’ve ever heard that makes it sound appealing.” She said other friends…
