Why are we so self-absorbed? Because we are so habituated to processing our social interactions. Our frontal lobes are so overworked by recalling past actions and trying to “figure them out”. The way back to reality is to engage the sensory zones of the brain. Read the rest of this entry
Archive for December, 2007
How to be in the Present
Posted by: admin on December 14th, 2007Solving the Great Existential Paradox
Posted by: admin on December 10th, 2007The most important paradox of living is that we are both important and not important at the same time. We are important from the simple fact that we are the center of our own experience. Even if we are not the center of attention, the world still revolves around us. On the other hand, we are very inconsequential, not only on macroscopic terms, for we are just a speck in the whole universe, Read the rest of this entry
Meditation and the Circuit of Ego
Posted by: admin on December 7th, 2007Meditation occurs when certain areas of the brain have been temporarily inhibited. When activated, these early evolutionary circuits propel the individual to complulsively process social experience. Read the rest of this entry
True Philosophy
Posted by: admin on December 3rd, 2007When we think of Philosophy, we usually consider theoretical ideas that range in major areas, such as ontology, epistomology, metaphysics, ethics and logic (among others). It is commonly not realized that this conceptual approach originated throughout time and was not the original meaning of the word, philosophy. Read the rest of this entry