If meditation is a priority, then it’s helpful to take that word literally and put meditation first. An example would be my rule of not turning on the computer before I’ve meditated. Simple, but effective. Probably the most trenchant advice I ever heard was in eight words from Suzuki Roshi: 'Organize your life so you [...]
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The Companionship of Illness
We never value or even see some things in our lives until we are just about to lose them. This is particularly true of health. When we are in good health, we are so busy in the world that we never even notice how well we are. Illness comes and challenges everything about us. It [...]
Neural pruning
Neural pruning is the process of removing neurons that are no longer used or useful in the brain. Don't try it at home! It's a natural process in the brain that happens at different developmental stages. Children's brains grow rapidly and in the flood of new learning, neural pathways are created that are useful in [...]
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