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Bill Smith
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Block-t-Thon
I enjoyed this article in today's New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/nyregion/01marathon.html. The author decided to walk 26 miles around the block where he lives in New York City. The longer he walked, the more he learned about his immediate surroundings.
Posted on October 31, 2009 at 8:51am —
you can change
An interesting article on stress and neuroplasticity in the New York Times. Quote from the article: “The brain is a very resilient and plastic organ,” he said. “Dendrites and synapses retract and reform, and reversible remodeling can occur throughout life.”
From the same article: "Why should the stressed brain be prone to habit formation? Perhaps to help shunt as many behaviors as possible over to automatic pi… Continue
From the same article: "Why should the stressed brain be prone to habit formation? Perhaps to help shunt as many behaviors as possible over to automatic pi… Continue
Posted on August 20, 2009 at 11:30pm —
Appamada is not just the occasional mindful thought or attentive state of mind, it’s actually a commitment to being attentive. It’s more than just a meditative state of mind, it’s more than just being mindful. It has to do with that primary ethical or moral orientation we have in life, with which we bring into being whatever activity we’re engaged in. Whether in formal meditation, in our interactions with other people, in our social concerns, or in our political choices, it’s the energetic cherishing of what we regard as good.
—Stephen Batchelor
—Stephen Batchelor
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The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the way we perceive the world
January 7, 2010 at 6:30pm to May 27, 2010 at 8pm – Appamada
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Small world! Hope to see you at the zendo some day.