Content on Self (Page 2)
The Embodied Brain: A Conversation With Annie Murphy Paul
What is the interrelationship between body and mind, and how much thinking happens outside of our brains?
Spiritual Technology: A Conversation With Kate J. Stockly
How are new technologies — like virtual reality and spirituality apps — changing the religious landscape?
What Does Memory Look Like?
As Pesach approaches, what actually happens when you remember?
The Animal at Unease With Itself
How are Genesis 2 and 3 are crafted to deal with the stress of human awareness of its own creatureliness and mortality?
Somatic Experiencing in a Pandemic
We can support our mindfulness practice with what neuroscientists and other biophysiologists will tell us, and also what spiritual traditions tend to appreciate, which is that we are wondrously made, or magnificently evolved, as, in a way, self-healing organisms.
What Does It Mean to be “Human”?
If humans aren’t self-contained units, what’s our responsibility to the other elements that we’re connected to?
No, You Don’t Want to Live Forever.
While we may say we want to live “forever,” we simply don’t emotionally or intellectually understand the size of ideas like “infinity” or “eternity.”
If We’re Material, Can We Be Immortal?
I have a confession to make: I’m enjoying the illusion of consciousness. I’m enjoying the illusion of life.
The Molecular Genetic Basis of Jewish Geography
“Jewish Geography” is more than a social phenomenon – it is a testament to the belief, literal or metaphorical, that Jews share a common ancestry.
The Problem with Mindfulness
Sinai and Synapses Fellow Brian Gallagher discusses the benefits — and potential downsides — of Buddhist meditation.
How Much of ‘Us’ is Really Us?
When we think about our “selves,” we think only about our bodies and everything inside of it. We forget that our “selves” actually extend far beyond our bodies.
Jewish Ritual Can Help Us Bridge the Character Gap
How good are we? And how can ritual help us become better?