Chapter
The Neuroscience of Meditation
1:48:45 - 1:55:04 (06:18)
This podcast episode explains the neuroscience behind how our ideas and spontaneous thoughts come to us, and why meditation can help us realize that certain thoughts may not have actually been present in our minds.
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Evolutionary and developmental explanations for the mysterious nature of human decision making can shed some light on why ideas or impulses come to us at specific moments and with specific degrees of effectiveness.
1:48:45 - 1:50:14 (01:29)
Summary
Evolutionary and developmental explanations for the mysterious nature of human decision making can shed some light on why ideas or impulses come to us at specific moments and with specific degrees of effectiveness.
ChapterThe Neuroscience of Meditation
EpisodeDr. Sam Harris: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind
PodcastHuberman Lab
The spontaneous nature of thoughts in our brain can be attributed to the background spontaneous activity in the brain itself, as it generates random thoughts due to the number of constraints present.
1:50:14 - 1:52:47 (02:33)
Summary
The spontaneous nature of thoughts in our brain can be attributed to the background spontaneous activity in the brain itself, as it generates random thoughts due to the number of constraints present.
ChapterThe Neuroscience of Meditation
EpisodeDr. Sam Harris: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind
PodcastHuberman Lab
This podcast discusses the profound experience that can be had by meditating properly and how it reveals the illusion of the gap between an actor and observer.
1:52:47 - 1:55:04 (02:16)
Summary
This podcast discusses the profound experience that can be had by meditating properly and how it reveals the illusion of the gap between an actor and observer. Furthermore, the podcast highlights the existence of a profound gap in our belief that our thoughts are original to us despite the illusion of self.