Category Archives: Trance

The Waking Trance Revisited

Posted on 18 March, 2021 by alfin2101

First published on the original Al Fin blog in 2012 Human consciousness is an odd pickle. We all experience it every waking day, but no one understands it well enough to build a good imitation. What are we missing? Quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Trance | Comments Off on The Waking Trance Revisited

Is it a Trance? Or is it Meditation?

Posted on 12 March, 2021 by alfin2101

It makes a huge difference to your brain whether you are sitting there meditating, or whether you are just spinning your wheels in an aimless trance. Meditation enlarges your prefrontal cortex executive functions, boosts your hippocampal memory centers, grows your … Continue reading →

Posted in Cognition, Enlightenment, Trance | Comments Off on Is it a Trance? Or is it Meditation?

Everything You Believe is Wrong — Laugh at Yourself!

Posted on 15 August, 2017 by alfin2101

Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything You Think You Know Just Ain't So, Groupthink, Trance | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Everything You Believe is Wrong — Laugh at Yourself!

The Waking Trance

Posted on 8 April, 2015 by alfin2101

Human consciousness is an odd pickle. We all experience it every waking day, but no one understands it well enough to build a good imitation. What are we missing? Quite a lot, actually. For example, why are we so changeable … Continue reading →

Posted in Cognition, Human Brain, Trance | Comments Off on The Waking Trance