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Does Our Brain Really Create Consciousness?

By Peter Russell — 2011

The brain creates the images, thoughts, feelings and other experiences of which we are aware, but awareness itself is already present.

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What Is Consciousness?

In order to be able to answer the question of whether productive obsessing is something to shun or to value, it would be good to know what consciousness is—not only in a biochemical sense but also in a way that does justice to our felt experience of individuality and instrumentality.

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Eric Maisel
2021
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Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness?

The ability to control our dreams is a skill that more of us are seeking to acquire for sheer pleasure. But if taken seriously, scientists believe it could unlock new secrets of the mind.

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David Robson
2021
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We Always Have Joy

The sun doesn’t stop shining just because there are clouds in the sky. Our buddhanature is always present and available, even when life gets difficult.

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
2020
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The Structure That Carries Consciousness

Many scientists and bodywork therapists believe consciousness is tangible and can be touched. The fascial system, a super network of connective tissue is the physical doorway we can use to enter into consciousness.

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Marisa Chadbourne
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Do Quantum Effects Play a Role in Consciousness?

The role of biophotons in the brain is a growing area of research in neurobiology – and where there are photons there might be quantum mechanics. Betony Adams and Francesco Petruccione explore this developing, and contentious, field of quantum biophysics.

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Betony Adams and Francesco Petruccione
2021
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The Inner Ear as Grounding

Opening the ears to careful listening is one of the primary tasks of teachers today. How can we inspire sensitivity so that the visual arts, poetry, music, and inner morality can resound within us.

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Nancy Mellon
2016
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How to Become a Better Person

Taking into account your own wellbeing as well as the best interests of others, here are some of the most important ways to become a better person.

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Elizabeth Scott
2021
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What Are Character Strengths?

Determining and utilizing your character strengths has the potential to not only improve health and well-being but also can be used to enhance job performance and improve academic success.

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Sherri Gordon
2020
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How Weird Is Consciousness?

Scientists may not even be asking the right questions.

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Alison Gopnik
2010
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Brains Might Sync As People Interact—and That Could Upend Consciousness Research

Studies have shown that people synchronize heart rates and breathing when watching emotional films together. The same happens when romantic partners share a bed.

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Conor Feehly
2021
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