Neuroscience of Mindfulness: Its Powers and Limits @ Comprehensivist Wednesdays

Neuroscience of Mindfulness: Its Powers and Limits, a Conversation with Sanjay.

See the earlier presentation by Sanjay on Neuroscience here: https://youtu.be/R0Na_YKthmw

Six introductory questions:

1. What is meditation, and specifically Mindfulness meditation?
2. What is the simplest form of Mindfulness anyone can practice?
3. Why does our mind wander, and intrusive thoughts emerge?
4. Will mindfulness completely calm our brain, and stop distractions?
5. After long-term practice of mindfulness, what changes in our brain? What do these changes help with?
6. Can the "state of mindfulness" be made into a habit?

We will explore these concepts:

♦ What occurs in the brain during Meditative states? Which brain regions are activated & inactivated?
♦ The nature and significance of the Default Mode Network (DMN), a possibly important set of distinct brain regions.
♦ We practice Mindfulness mostly during states of Consciousness. We will explore strong correlations between both, and take an initial look at Consciousness.
♦ How does our mind remove negative/toxic emotions & thoughts -- analogous to how our body removes toxins?

RESOURCES to see, beforehand (review one, or all in under 30 mins):

♦ "Neuroscience of Meditation, Mindfulness, and Compassion" (14 min video)
https://youtu.be/ca0uLyRTrQ0

♦ "A Wandering Mind is an Unhealthy Mind" (1 page paper)
https://tinyurl.com/WanderngMind

♦ "Achieving Mindfulness" (3 minute video)
https://youtu.be/imFaoDu8rDs

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Welcome to the series "Comprehensivist Wednesdays". Transdisciplinarity, Renaissance humanism, homo universalis, and Polymathy are some of the ways of describing this approach which Buckminster Fuller called Comprehensivity and described as “macro-comprehensive and micro-incisive”.

The first, introductory, event from "Comprehensivist Wednesdays" can be watched on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjwTy6pGkNA

The full archive of videos from the series can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkCiNL_gZp2cgfSPqwbnXu8e3Lcq7W8w7

CJ Fearnley's site "Collaborating for Comprehensivism" has more information on the idea: https://www.cjfearnley.com/CfC/

To see all forthcoming "Comprehensivist Wednesdays" events, look at the Wednesday events on the "52 Living Ideas" calendar: https://www.meetup.com/52LivingIdeas/events/calendar/

July 15: Why Be a Comprehensivist? — a Panel Discussion. http://y2u.be/qjwTy6pGkNA
‪July 22: Louis Sullivan’s Ideas: Art of Expression & Form Follows Function with Architect Sherri Tracinski & Shrikant‬ https://youtu.be/oM8vbQQ-4MU
‪Jul 29: Humanity's Great Traditions of Inquiry and Action with CJ‬ Fearnley http://y2u.be/8RuHE_3FMUs
‪Aug 12: The Necessities and Impossibilities of Comprehensivism with CJ Fearnley http://y2u.be/u6372Te2YA8
‪Sep 9: Four Cardinal Greek Virtues in Visual Art & Mythology by John Roth
‪Sep 16: The Fundamental Role of Story in Our Lives with CJ Fearnley https://youtu.be/4UvDO2z0bjo
‪Sep 23: Lightening Talks
Oct 14: The Comprehensive Thinking of R. Buckminster Fuller with CJ Fearnley https://www.meetup.com/thinkingsociety/events/273141321/

52 Living Ideas records Comprehensivist Wednesdays events and posts them on YouTube. Feel free to keep your video on or off as you prefer. Watch all their past Meetups at: https://www.youtube.com/c/52LivingIdeas?sub_confirmation=1