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“We tend to take our sense of self for granted because it feels so fundamental to our
conscious experience, but it’s a feature the brain works hard to maintain. From the moment you took your first breath, your brain got to work, sifting through a barrage of sensations, emotions, and memories to create this illusion. I say “illusion” not to question your existence but, rather, to acknowledge that conscious experience has to be constructed, piece by piece.
As real and as wonderful as you undoubtedly are, being real doesn’t guarantee entry to
perception or awareness.”
― How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
conscious experience, but it’s a feature the brain works hard to maintain. From the moment you took your first breath, your brain got to work, sifting through a barrage of sensations, emotions, and memories to create this illusion. I say “illusion” not to question your existence but, rather, to acknowledge that conscious experience has to be constructed, piece by piece.
As real and as wonderful as you undoubtedly are, being real doesn’t guarantee entry to
perception or awareness.”
― How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
“If we never engage deeply with our chosen identities, we don’t give ourselves the chance to evolve and grow within them.”
― How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
― How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
“ნეტავ კი მეგულებოდეს მეგობარი, სადღაც სხვენზე რომ დაუდია ბინა, ახლა კი სანთლის შუქზე ჩაფიქრებულს გვერდზე ვიოლინო უდევს! ფეხაკრეფით შევიპარებოდი მისეულ მყუდროებაში, უხმოდ ავუყვებოდი ხვეულ კიბეს, მოულოდნელად დავადგებოდი თავზე და იმ ღამეს, საუბრითა და მუსიკით გართულევი, რამდენიმე ბედნიერ საათს გავატარებდით ერთად.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
“Stefan Zweig writes: “The excess of suffering murders not only men; it kills off the power of compassion.”
― How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
― How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
“The brilliance of this system (creating entire ecosystems of products) is that it often feels entirely organic, like a subliminal hum that vibrates just below the threshold of conscious awareness. Gradually and imperceptibly, our understanding of identity has been subtly rewritten by the invisible hand of the marketplace.
Every scroll and click is another lesson in this new language of identity, where being has
been replaced by buying. The most innocuous consequence would be simply purchasing a
pile of rubbish you don’t actually need. But the effects of these new market-driven social
norms can reach beyond your wallet, burrowing deep into your sense of self.”
― How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
Every scroll and click is another lesson in this new language of identity, where being has
been replaced by buying. The most innocuous consequence would be simply purchasing a
pile of rubbish you don’t actually need. But the effects of these new market-driven social
norms can reach beyond your wallet, burrowing deep into your sense of self.”
― How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
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