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mindfulness

Step Out of Your Container

Don’t let whatever container that surrounds you, shape you. Our life circumstances, where we live, our particular job, the school we go to all have the effect of shaping us in unintended ways. When you put water in a container, a glass for example, it easily conforms to the boundaries of that container. Human beings (who ironically just happen to be made of up to 70% water), often end up experiencing the same thing. We need to fight those artificial restrictions and regain our fluidity and shapelessness. We need to outgrow the boundaries of our childhood and upbringing.
August 4, 2014
The Television, the Wall, and Why?

Much of what we do in consuming today’s always on information and entertainment sources is done passively. We spend too much time in receive mode. The effect is most dramatic when watching television. Psychology Today magazine has reported that watching television is similar to staring at a blank wall for several hours. Fortunately, there is an antidote…
December 13, 2013
Mental Shrinkage

The late Clifford Nass, was the Stanford Professor who pioneered research into the study of the effects of multitasking and the broader implications of how humans interact with technology. What Nass’s research showed was that we are losing our ability to focus, concentrate, and go deep into subject matter. We are easily distracted. Multitasking actually impairs performance, not improves it. The implications for this are profound – our technology keeps getting more sophisticated, but in the process it may be reducing our ability to be thoughtful, contemplative, critical-thinking human beings.
November 11, 2013