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The Object of Our Emotion is Not its Cause

Can Meditation Practice Affect How We View Our World? A Series of Articles Part One - The Object of Our Emotion is Not its Cause A funny thing happened on the way to the office today. Okay, it wasn't really funny, and my office these days is The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse. While getting ready to prepare for the day, my wife made a request of me that seemed, to my sleep-deprived mind, unreasonable. Reasonable or not, whether the haze of sleep loss or the actual request was the trigger, the emotions that arose within my mind were ones of frustration [...]

2013-12-16T13:31:24-07:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation|0 Comments

Transform Your Mind, Change Your Brain

Meditation Causes Positive Changes in the Brain I've already written on how the practice of meditation can change not only our lives, but - at a very profound and empirical level - can actually change how our brain works. In this post, I'm going to let a true expert in the field take over and provide you with an incredible lecture on brain changes that can be accomplished through contemplative practices. I'm posting a link to a lecture by Dr. Davidson at the end of this introduction (you can go directly there by scrolling to the end of this post). [...]

2015-12-14T23:18:28-07:00By Jerome Stone|Neuroscience, Science|5 Comments

Compassion in Action: Band of Brothers

I write about compassion, hoping in some small way to help nurses and health-care professionals to find that wellspring within themselves that sources irrepressible compassion. Every once in a while I find...or in this case, stumble upon an organization that exemplifies the kind of compassion that I aspire towards. I'm devoting this post and the space for this post, to the organization - Band of Brothers Charity Venture Group. I came upon their site by accident, if there is such a thing, and found myself deeply moved by the scope of their work, and the clarity of their vision. From [...]