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Seven and a half lessons about the brain

The Oxford Mindfulness Podcast

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The Brain Is Predicting Not Reacting

The brain is a has evolved to predict, not react. What caused this bangt will influence what the brain plans to do next. If you feel a tug in your chest, that's the outcome of some cause. And when you cultivate new experiences for yourself, youare essentially cultivating a past that will influence who you are in the future. This whole thing, all of this guessing, is happening predictively based on your past experience.

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