No Self, No Problem

Perhaps this process of nonthinking thought allows us to access a different part of our brain. One that can see more angles than the direct path.

The common denominators of such patterns always point the way to some false ideas we are cherishing, usually unconsciously. These ideas then need to be crystallized into clear, concise expressions, however irrational they may seem. Such expressions may begin with generalizations such as: “All men are,” or “Love is,” or “Work is.” Other false conclu

When prefrontal regions are either surgically removed or fall prey to some calamity, patients continue to see, hear, and sense. Deficits affect the higher mental faculties, resulting in apathy, a lack of curiosity about the world, and a disability in planning, introspecting, reasoning, and regulating emotions. Patients perseverate or consistently m

As a habit, certain thought patterns arise that we tend to get lost in, overcome by, defined by, even as we resent or fear them. We can retrain our whole mental attitude by first learning to recognize these patterns and perhaps even calmly naming them: