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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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William James on Consciousness and the Four Features of Transcendent Experiences

Our normal waking consciousness . . . is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different.

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Maria Popova
2018
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How to Mind Your Feelings

While we can’t control when we feel anger or fear—or how strongly—we can gain some control over what we do while in their grip. If we can develop inner radar for emotional danger, we gain a choice point the Dalai Lama urges us to master.

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Daniel Goleman
2015
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How Lojong Awakens Your Heart

Pema Chödrön’s commentary on Atisha’s famed mind-training slogans that utilize our difficulties and problems to awaken the heart.

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Pema Chödrön
2017
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Attention: The Most Basic Form of Love

By paying attention, we let ourselves be touched by life, and our hearts naturally become more open and engaged.

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Tara Brach
2014
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