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Examining Attention

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Examining Attention

Attention is not just another “function” alongside other cognitive functions. Its ontological status is of something prior to functions and even to things. The kind of attention we bring to bear on the world changes the…

By Iain McGilchrist

How did Buddhism get the brain right?

David Weisman writes in SEED Magazine: Both Buddhism and neuroscience converge on a similar point of view: The way it feels isn’t how it is. There is no permanent, constant soul in the background. Even our…

By Tricycle

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