Have we forgotten how much of life is a gift?
What do you have that you did not receive?
Paul the Apostle (First Letter to…
Can our brains keep up with the pace of modern sensory environments?
Do we suffer from temporal overload (information being presented too quickly) as opposed to information overload (too much information being presented)?
Granville D. Austin (from my notes)
Life’s finest moments remind us of its brevity.
The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it.
Ernest Becker (from The Denial of…
Is one of the brain’s primary functions minimizing prediction errors?
Do we perceive the world as it is, or do we continually sample it to test our predictions?
Based on Karl Friston's idea of A…
How does an organism’s body influence its cognition?
The world is not something that is given to us but something we engage in by moving, touching, breathing, and eating.
Francisco J. Varela
A gift cannot be earned.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 (KJV)
What makes a thought one of high quality?
The happiness of your life, depends on the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius