MindStreamhttp://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/Pattern Interruption Non-NewsFri, 10 Feb 2012 01:10:38 +0000Pavel G. Somov, 2008-2012en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Pavel G. SomovThoughts in ProgressMindStream is a blog by Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D., psychologist in private practice, the author of "Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time" (New Harbinger, 2008; available in stores in Nov. 2008)relaxation,meditation,mindfulness,Buddhism,Taoism,Daoism,philosophy,spiritualityPavel G. Somov, Ph.D.Occupy Mindpolitics of psychologypsychology of politicspavel somov | copyright 2008-2011Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:06:59 +0000http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/2012/2/9/occupy-mind.html247593:2608530:14963090

Mind occupies itself,

no matter how much it protests itself.

Self tries to evict itself,

in vain.

 

Politics of psychology...

Psychology of politics...

 

]]>http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/rss-comments-entry-14963090.xmlConfidence is a Conpavel somov | copyright 2008-2011Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:42 +0000http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/2012/2/8/confidence-is-a-con.html247593:2608530:14940611

A confident man is a dead human being (Jiddu Krishnamurti).

Confidence is a con (in all of the connotations of the word).

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music: iLLababy Tokyo by Moxie Black

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]]>http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/rss-comments-entry-14914090.xmlImagination of Mathpavel somov | copyright 2008-2011Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:56:07 +0000http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/2012/2/6/imagination-of-math.html247593:2608530:14898960Math is quantified imagination.

]]>http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/rss-comments-entry-14898960.xmlThe Rules of the Wildpavel somov | copyright 2008-2011Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:01:25 +0000http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/2012/2/4/the-rules-of-the-wild.html247593:2608530:14872803Wild horses tame themselves all the time while tamed horses get wilder and wilder.

Life creates and breaks its own rules.

]]>http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/rss-comments-entry-14872803.xml-pavel somov | copyright 2008-2011Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:07:34 +0000http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/2012/2/4/when-you-touch-a-single-spot-on-the-wall-with-your-finger.html247593:2608530:14871386When you touch a single spot on the wall with your finger, are you not touching the entire wall?

Realize: a spot on the wall is just another construct, another artificiality.

A coordinate of attention on this or on that does not create a true "this" or a true "that."

]]>http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/rss-comments-entry-14871386.xmlMetacognitive Ludditepavel somov | copyright 2008-2011Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:55:26 +0000http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/2012/2/3/metacognitive-luddite.html247593:2608530:14860375Cognitions are the machinery of the mind.

Mind Luddite, step back (metacognitively) to de-construct these constructions of consciousness!

]]>http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/rss-comments-entry-14860375.xmlMind is an out-of-body experiencepavel somov | copyright 2008-2011Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:44:05 +0000http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/2012/2/3/mind-is-an-out-of-body-experience.html247593:2608530:14857330

Thinking is an out-of-body experience (as compared to sensing).

]]>http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/rss-comments-entry-14857330.xmlLife Datapavel somov | copyright 2008-2011Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:38:04 +0000http://www.eatingthemoment.com/mindstream/2012/2/1/life-data.html247593:2608530:14831430

 

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music: Speaker Bunny by DJ Reset

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