Here’s a good description of what happens when the left side of the brain becomes the dominant force in a society. https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/03/15/on-nonduality-politics-and-freedom/ The Subtle “Flow” in Music Revealed February 24, 2021 | by JR Wilson It was 1967 when I first became aware of the subtle “flow” in music. I was a music student then, …
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The Subtle “Flow” in Music Revealed
It was 1967 when I first became aware of the subtle “flow” in music. I was a music student then, studying music and music composition with noted author, theoretician, and composer Hugo Norden[1] at Boston University’s School of Fine and Applied Arts. Most of us music aficionados are drawn to quality music (most often …
The Deadly Reign of the Animate Object: Capitalism and Sociopathy
Stephanie McMillan, 11/23/14(Presented at Earth at Risk conference, San Francisco) [also posted by Burnpile Press: http://burnpilepress.org/uncategorized/the-deadly-reign-of-the-animate-object-capitalism-and-sociopathy/ We all know that capitalism is killing the world. In order to stop it, we can’t just keep resisting its effects. Capitalism doesn’t care if we protest on street corners a thousand times; that just proves how tolerant and democratic …
Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent
In a scientific study, listening to the song below resulted in a striking 65 percent reduction in participants’ overall anxiety, and a 35 percent reduction in their usual physiological resting rates.
What Is ‘Being in the Zone’? — the Fascinating Psychology of Super Productivity
Being “in the zone” is delicious, immersive, and…kinda trippy. Time collapses. Sound falls away. Suddenly we look up, and it’s 4 a.m. This tunnel-vision phenomenon is reported by athletes, creatives, and psychologists alike as a hyper-focused, sometimes spiritual, state of mind where anything is possible. It’s where we become our most productive, creative, and powerful …
Flow, the Secret to Happiness
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, “What makes a life worth living?” Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of “flow.”
How to Heal Trauma by the Simple Act of Walking – Thom Hartmann
When we walk, we engage both sides of the body, simultaneously activating both the left and right sides of the brain. Hartmann explains that both hemispheres of the brain join forces to break up the brain patterning of a traumatic experience that has become “stuck” in the brain through the bilateral therapy of walking. Below, …
The Ground Is Alive with the Sound of Trees
A massive web of hair-like mushroom roots transmit secret messages between trees, triggering them to share nutrients and water with those in need. Click on the picture to go to the article.
Mother Nature: Designer-in-Chief
When I was still a student in music school at Boston University, I became aware of what I felt to be a subtle motion, or flow, in music that nobody was talking about. It was something slow, smooth, and not a direct component of the usual suspects: rhythm and harmony. At the same time, since …
A Visual Device That Enhances Meditative Practices and Mindfulness – The “Flow Machine”
A unique visual device, designed to accompany music, can help the viewer develop a higher capacity for mindfulness and getting into the meditative “groove”. Biofeedback research demonstrates that repetitive viewing of this device can reduce stress and likely enhance/strengthen our right brain hemispheres, putting that hemisphere on a rightfully equal par with the left. This …