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Why Do Our Minds Wander?

Edit National Public Radio 17 Jun 2016
Getty Images. Sometimes the mind wanders. Thoughts pop into consciousness ... We turn inward ... Ellamil's solution — and here she draws on what is called "neurophenomenology," which was first developed by the late Chilean neurobiologist Francisco Varela and his colleague, the philosopher Evan Thompson, who is also a co-author on the present study — is to use highly skilled practitioners of Vipassana mindfulness meditation as subjects ... ....

First Day of Mind & Life XXX, Perceptions, Concepts and Self (The Office of His ...

Edit Public Technologies 18 Dec 2015
(Source. The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama). Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, 14 December 2015 - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama entered the Sera Lachi Temple again this morning, he found chairs arranged for the Mind & Life presenters and other members of the Institute in the centre ... She acknowledged the influence of Francisco Varela, one of the pioneers of the Mind & Life meetings ... 'Most of our problems are self-created ... (noodl....

Mind & Life XXX, Perceptions, Concepts and Self - Day 1 (The Office of His ...

Edit Public Technologies 15 Dec 2015
(Source. The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama). Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India, 14 December 2015 - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama entered the Sera Lachi Temple again this morning, he found chairs arranged for the Mind & Life presenters and other members of the Institute in the centre ... She acknowledged the influence of Francisco Varela, one of the pioneers of the Mind & Life meetings ... 'Most of our problems are self-created ... (noodl....

Talks to Diplomatic Consular Corps of Karnataka and at National Institute of Advanced Studies (The ...

Edit Public Technologies 08 Dec 2015
(Source. The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) ... Wishing him good health and a long life, he requested His Holiness to address them, which he did. ... Today, the oneness of humanity is a living reality ... At a meeting in Argentina, biologist Humberto Maturana, mentor of my friend Francisco Varela, explained that although biology was his field of study, it was not proper that he should become attached to it ... That's what keeps us going....

Indie filmmaker Carmen Marron captures real-life chess triumph of Latino school

Edit CNN 25 Sep 2015
Los Angeles (CNN)Carmen Marron has been described as "Hollywood's most improbable auteur," and as a Latina filmmaker, the description alone certainly qualifies her ... Rep ... Notable Hispanics in medicine – Francisco Varela of Chile was both a biologist and a philosopher. Together with his mentor, Humberto Maturana, Varela co-authored the theory of autopoiesis, which describes the ability of biological cells to be "self-maintaining." ... ....

Dalai Lama on training the mind

Edit Deccan Herald 02 Jul 2015
“Oh, he has always been like that ... They have become part of our global consciousness ... He said, “For my limited understanding of these fields, I am deeply indebted to the hours of generous time shared with me by Carl von Weizsacker and the late David Bohm, both of whom I consider to be my teachers in quantum mechanics, and in the field of biology, especially neuroscience, by the late Robert Livingstone and Francisco Varela ... ....

Uncovering the Grammar of the Social Field

Edit Huffington Post 06 Jun 2015
This blog is a bit longer than usual ... My father is a farmer ... The Blind Spot ... As I write about social fields from a twenty-first-century perspective, I am able to draw on major insights and sources of knowing that were not available to Lewin when he did his pioneering work--specifically, the most recent research on brain plasticity and neurophenomenology, as co-developed in the work of the cognitive scientist Francisco Varela ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... ....

CBU hosts Spanish spelling bee (California Baptist University)

Edit noodls 30 Apr 2015
(Source. California Baptist University). RIVERSIDE, Calif. (April 30, 2015) -- More than 100 high school students from 21 schools competed in a Spanish spelling bee at California Baptist University on April 25 ... There were several purposes for holding the event, said Dr ... Francisco Varela, managing director for Comcast and a judge for the spelling bee, also gave $1,200 for the same purpose ... First Place ... Second Place ... Third Place ... (noodl....

Science and Society & Change-Makers for a Better World (The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

Edit noodls 01 Nov 2014
(Source. The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama). November 1st 2014 ... In his introduction, Dr Davidson spoke of his feelings as he looked out at the audience of 1700 in the hall recalling how few were involved 27 years ago when he, Daniel Goleman and Francisco Varela began discussions that would become the Mind & Life Institute ... His Holiness responded ... Photo/Jurek Schreiner ... We are very much interconnected ... "I am a Buddhist monk ... He said.....

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Opens International Symposium, Calling for Practical Applications That Increase Human Happiness Based on Rigorous Research Int'l Contemplative Science Community convenes to show the value of meditation for sectors ranging from education and health, to leadership and psychology

Edit PR Newswire 31 Oct 2014
... practices into all sectors of society including heath care, education, business and ethics?"  The symposium is put on by the Mind & Life Institute, a Massachusetts-based non-profit, that was founded more than 25 years ago as an intellectual experiment by His Holiness, together with neuroscientist Francisco J. Varela and entrepreneur R....

Ramya wants to know what Mukul Deora’s reading

Edit The Times of India 31 Aug 2014
Ramya is one big book worm and loves to read as much as possible ... Here is the list. ... 2 ... 9 ... 10 ... 11. An Exploration of Consciousness with The Dalai Lama by Francisco J. Varela, Ph.D," wrote Ramya ... ....

CEPSA and Línea Directa offer savings to their customers through the “Suma en Línea” programme (CEPSA - Compañía Española de Petróleos SA)

Edit noodls 14 Jul 2014
From left to right, Joaquín Abril-Martorell; Marketing Vice-President of CEPSA, Francisco Varela, Corporate Governance Vice-Presindent of Linea Directa and Santiago Ruiz, Service Station Network Vice-President of CEPSA ... Francisco Varela, Corporate Governance Vice-President of Linea Directa and Santiago Ruiz, Service Station Network Vice-President of CEPSA....

DBM to pay GSIS P1B in DepEd-ARMM arrears.. (Government Service Insurance System)

Edit noodls 13 Jun 2014
(Source. Government Service Insurance System). Date Posted. 2014-06-13 14.29.51. 26,000 DepEd personnel to benefit from tripartite MOA. GSIS, DepEd-ARMM and DBM ink MOA ... (seated, second from right) and DBM Asec ... Joining them are DepEd Undersecretary for Finance and Administration Francisco Varela (standing, fourth from left) and members of the GSIS Board of Trustees (standing from left) Gregorio Yu, Elisea Gozun, Atty ... Vergara said ... (noodl....
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