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Explore the ideas that led to the creation of NeuroYou. These short articles cover some of the history, thinking and practical experimentation from the NeuroYou lab.
Getting in Touch with Your Senses
Recently I started a new job with a well-known tech company. The culture of this particular company is pretty remarkable, and they've been voted the best company in the entire world to work for several times in the last …
Sensing Space
Recently, while looking through a user forum about Dr Joe Dispenza's popular meditations, I noticed a lot of people were struggling with the concept of "space." When Dr Dispenza refers to space, he is referring to an asp…
The Shadow Self: What we resist, controls us
For most people, the idea of the "shadow self" conjures up images of hidden darkness — suppressed anger, shame, jealousy, trauma, or socially unacceptable desires lurking somewhere beneath conscious awareness. The concep…
Should I Use Affirmations?
Thinking is the structured use of mental reasoning, where we verbalize or talk to ourselves inside our head. Affirmations are a specific type of thinking. In an affirmation, our intention is to create thoughts that stren…
The Reversible Dreamcoat
Years ago while backpacking through Denmark as a student , I found a weird little shop. I was a design student at the time, seeking to understand the Danish design aesthetic. I never imagined this little shop might also …
How Deep Are Your Memories?
Memory is one of the most powerful ways to deepen your understanding of consciousness. Using our memory deliberately can also be a great alternative if you want a bit of downtime in your day, instead of mindlessly scroll…
Where Is Your Attention?
If you study meditation or mindfulness, you will quickly learn that it is all about paying closer attention to the world both outside of you, and inside of you. The key to paying closer attention to things seems may soun…
A Model for Consciousness
Meditation, mindfulness and other forms of consciousness exploration have become increasingly popular in the last few decades . When I learnt to meditate over 30 years ago, meditation was still a peculiar, fringe activit…
The End of Meaning? Why Consciousness May Actually Be About Structure
What if consciousness isn't fundamentally about meaning — but about structure? This question sits at the heart of a shift happening in both neuroscience and first-person meditation research. Traditional psychology places…
AI Is Teaching Us That Consciousness Is About Structure
One of the strangest things happening in the AI era is that organizations are rediscovering the importance of structure. For years, in my job as a program manager in large technology companies, I watched experienced team…
The Depth of Your Attention Determines the Depth of Your Experience
Sadhguru is the founder of a school of meditation and yoga called Isha Yoga. If you get the chance, make sure you go take the Inner Engineering course that is the core of his work. I was lucky enough to spend three days …
How Can I Be More Present?
The modern world constantly competes for our attention through smartphones, social media, and work demands. Mindfulness practitioners refer to "being present" as focusing attention on what exists in the moment, though ma…