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To put this in more scientific-sounding terminology: I was beginning to observe the workings of what psychologists call the “default mode network.” This is a network in the brain that, according to brain- scan studies, is active when we’re doing nothing in particular—not talking to people, not focusing on our work or any other task, not playing a sport or reading a book or watching a movie. It is the network along which our mind wanders when it’s wandering. As for where the mind wanders to: well, lots of places, obviously, but studies have shown that these places are usually in the past or the future; you may ponder recent events or distant, strong memories; you may dread upcoming events or eagerly anticipate them; you may strategize about how to head off some looming crisis or fantasize about romancing the attractive person in the cubicle next to yours. What you’re generally not doing when your mind is wandering is directly experiencing the present moment.
Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright
“I’m very concerned that our society is much more concerned with information than wonder, in noise rather than silence. How do we encourage reflection? … Oh my, this is a noisy world.” https://t.co/27rddZUWEj
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The old pretentions of Burning Man being “American’s new holiday” are perfectly true. It has achieved the status of true mass ritual—a particular way of celebrating and noting a particular aspect of the human experience, in roughly the same way. The repeated ritual of inversion and jesting and wild play and all that.
This Is Burning Man
Brian Doherty
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