Archive for May, 2008
Human brain appears ‘hard-wired’ for hierarchy (4/26/2008)
Human brain appears ‘hard-wired’ for hierarchy (4/26/2008) Human imaging studies have for the first time identified brain circuitry associated with social status, according to researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health. They found that different brain areas are activated when a person moves up or down in [...]
7 habits of really happy people
7 habits of really happy people » Lyved So here are seven habits that can be found in people who are always really happy. If you can practice these and turn them into habits you’ll be just as happy as them. 1. Don’t care what others think They don’t care what others think or have [...]
#36 The 8 Circuit Brain Model, part 2 – conversations with Antero Alli
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We are continuing our conversations with Antero Alli. This series of conversations is on the topic called the 8 Circuit Brain model. It is something that Timothy Leary first brought into the western consciousness. Later, Robert Anton Wilson in his book Prometheus Rising gave it a more wide spread appeal, and Antero in his [...]
Modeling how we see natural scenes (5/22/2008)
Modeling how we see natural scenes (5/22/2008) Sophisticated mathematical modeling methods and a “CatCam” that captures feline-centric video of a forest are two elements of a new effort to explain how the brain’s visual circuitry processes real scenes. The new model of the neural responses of a major visual-processing brain region promises to significantly advance [...]
Announcement – Beta-Testers Needed for MasterMind Community
(1 vote)
Some time ago we have announced our intent to build an open-source collaboration platform, where people who are passionate about education, personal transformation and social change would gather together to collaborate around ideas and content. Today, we are making our first big step towards that goal – building a MasterMind community of people who [...]
How Thinking Can Change the Brain
How Thinking Can Change the Brain 20 Jan 2007 (Sharon Begley, Wall Street Journal) Dalai Lama helps scientists show the power of the mind to sculpt our gray matter. Although science and religion are often in conflict, the Dalai Lama takes a different approach. Every year or so the head of Tibetan Buddhism invites a [...]
#35 The 8 Circuit Brain Model, Part 1 – Conversations with Antero Alli
(19 votes)
Today we are starting an exciting new series of conversations with an author, a ritualist, a film maker, a dramatist, and astrologer, and a theater director Antero Alli. These series of conversations are near and dear both to our hearts, and to the work that Antero does.
Businesspeople who are too sure of their abilities are less savvy entrepreneurs (5/16/2008)
No surprise at all , but perhaps a wakeup for some Businesspeople who are too sure of their abilities are less savvy entrepreneurs (5/16/2008) Apprentice-style ‘overconfidence’ is cause of too many business start-ups and why many ventures fail in first few years Apprentice-style entrepreneurs who have an inflated sense of their own abilities may jump [...]
The Primacy Of Consciousness – Peter Russell Video lecture
Presentation given at “Physics of Consciousness” conference, Virginia, 2004, in which Peter Russell explores the mystery of consciousness from both scientific and mystical perspectives, showing how light is intrinsic to both, and giving a coherent argument as to why consciousness is fundamental essence of the cosmos. About Peter *from his webpage* Peter Russell is a [...]
‘You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says
An amazing insight into an insanely successful entrepreneur and business genius of our times Text of Steve Jobs’ Commencement address (2005) I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever [...]