New rich neurophenomenology dataset from my recent #firekasina retreat, this time with the Emotibit timesync'd with the EEG through Lab Streaming Layer, all open science CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0. Enjoy! See description in the Wiki for new file folder name. osf.io/srfnz/overview

So interesting! youtu.be/KZeIEiBrT_w

This is genius youtu.be/HfJkMq4weG0

In our latest paper, led by the brilliant Sebastian Ehmann @sebastianehmann.bsky.social together with Terje Sparby and Daniel M. Ingram @drdanielmingram.bsky.social, we address the need for an alternative framework to evaluate meditation as systematic training that shapes meditative development.

I am a big fan of and subscriber to Jessica Wildfire's work, feel it is very worth of support: www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/turning-poin...

I will be doing some virtual conversations with Meditation Artifacts happening at Edge City Patagonia, so, if interested: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

😳 youtu.be/XQ1_OHzOMBw

💀 escapingsamsara.substack.com/p/four-thoug...

Really enjoyed this conversation with @piercesalguero on the Black Beryl Podcast about emergent phenomena, ethics, meditation, etc. Enjoy! www.buzzsprout.com/2044347/epis...

What does neuroscience really know about focused attention meditation? And what’s next? Focused attention meditation (FA) is a class of practice involving intentionally directing attention to a single object, such as the breath or bodily sensations, while consistently bringing your focus back ...

Meditation research is entering its most daring phase yet. The first wave focused on the benefits of meditation. The second wave brought greater methodological rigor and began exploring the mechanisms behind those benefits. Now, the third wave shifts the spotlight to largely unexplored ...

How can lived experience be mathematically formalized, and what might computational models reveal about the depths of consciousness during advanced meditation? As research on advanced meditation enters a new era, a powerful question emerges: Can we mathematically model meditative experience ...

Announcing our new preprint on the neuroscience of cessation events as informed by brain criticality The manuscript is titled: “Brain Criticality and Advanced Meditation ‘Cessation’ Events: An Intensively Sampled Electroencephalography Case Study” In this intensively sampled case study, ...

Soulful music for mad times youtu.be/GJtq6OmD-_Y

PSA youtu.be/jeq2m-OM53A

Fun conversation with James Iandoli about meditation: youtu.be/TY-IU5R6zyU

Utopias all fail, and apocalypticism is thousands of years old — between these two my life flows... (with apologies to Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)

Very useful article on trauma responses that are so common people think of them as normal: medium.com/kill-the-sil...

Big update to scienceimpacts.org: See the devastating impact of cancelled NIH grants across the country, and how losses at specific institutions ripple out to surrounding communities. This is all in addition to the future losses that would result from cutting funds for indirect costs of research.

Very interesting take on Metamodernism and current Western politics: youtu.be/B_q1RemGq3E

People sometimes have sudden, powerful experiences they describe as ‘spiritual, mystical, energetic, or magical.’ But did you know that almost half of the general population report having had such unusual experiences? These phenomena, also called altered states or emergent phenomena, are ...

What she said youtu.be/KFp6DXhXObI?...

Nightmares becoming real www.commondreams.org/opinion/bird...

🔥New fire kasina video report by Dor Konforty about his 22-day 2022 retreat now up! Really fun stuff. Enjoy! vimeo.com/1064765133

🔥Basically, Bernie Sanders… youtu.be/ijtYJrVBG_M?... @sanders.senate.gov

Finally outdone mask-wise by a mannequin at the Doha airport… 🥲

🐓🦠🧐https://youtu.be/5CyVi4UzKxE

That’s why it’s incredibly important for folks to turn on things like Advanced Data Protection (end-to-end encryption for iCloud.) Go into Settings on your iPhone, type “Advanced”.

My father and I discuss vaccines, infectious diseases, and public health, drawing on my father's rich experiences as a professor of pediatric infectious diseases, as well as childhood experiences with these diseases before we had many of the vaccines we have today. vimeo.com/1049186263

Very interesting apple.news/A9LbafSNXTr-...

Remembering how good and unfortunately relevant this song continues to be… youtu.be/IZvJqFbwLwU?...

Scientists at RAND warn that H5N1 bird flu poses increasing risks in the U.S., with human cases of unknown origin and widespread animal transmission. They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.