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Oneness is at the root of the shift in the way we function.
Once we start thinking of everything that surrounds us (mineral, animal, vegetal and people) as being a part of One, then we start thinking differently and relating to the world in a Neo-Ren way.

The Moral Bucket List

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ABOUT once a month I run across a person who radiates an inner light. These people can be in any walk of life. They seem deeply good. They listen well. They make you feel funny and valued. You often catch them looking after other people and as they do so their laugh is musical and their manner is infused with gratitude. They are not thinking about what wonderful work they are doing. They are not thinking about themselves at all.

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Eight weeks to a better brain – Meditation study shows changes associated with awareness, stress

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Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress. In a study that appear in the Jan. 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Harvard-affiliated researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reported the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain’s gray matter.

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Leading neuroscientists and Buddhists agree: “Consciousness is everywhere”

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New theories in neuroscience suggest consciousness is an intrinsic property of everything, just like gravity. That development opens a world of opportunity for collaboration between Buddhists and neuroscientists.

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This is Your Brain on Dreams, with Michio Kaku

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When we slip into sleep and embark on a subconscious journey through our dreams, what exactly is our brain up to? Theoretical physicist, best-selling author, and all around cool guy Michio Kaku returns to Big Think to discuss the science of dreaming, as well as everything Freud got right about our subconscious: Continue reading This is Your Brain on Dreams, with Michio Kaku

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