The Limits of the Thinking Mind

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It's almost as if what we're saying there is we can only left brain narrate one thought at a time. But to think that the brain is only doing one thing at a time seems to me to be profoundly crazy. Right now, I'm regulating my body temperature. You know, I've got 87 or 86 billion neurons in my head and I'm orchestrating all of that right now. And that's the interesting thing about the notion of the self. There's something about the thinking mind that wants there to be a captain. So thinking mind wants her to be a pilot. The problem is, is that that's just thought there is no real pilot. We don't want

Dr. Chris Niebauer holds a Ph.D. in cognitive neuropsychology, specializing in the differences between the left and the right sides of the human brain. He is currently a professor at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses on consciousness, mindfulness, left and right brain differences, and artificial intelligence.

In this episode, Eric and Chris discuss No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology is Catching Up to Buddhism

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In This Interview, Dr. Chris Niebauer and I Discuss Neuropsychology and the Thinking Mind…

His book, No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology is Catching Up to Buddhism
How the “Mind 1.0 program” is an outdated program that we’re all running on
We don’t update this “program” because we don’t know it’s there
Understanding the concept of self and the idea of who we think we are
Our thinking mind is not accurate, but we think our thoughts are reality
More thinking doesn’t solve a thinking problem
Differences between left and right brain thinking
Disconnecting the thinking mind from consciousness in meditation
Realizing the limitations of the thinking mind
How the thinking mind is not who you are and is geared to finding problems
Recognizing that consciousness is far more vast than the thinking mind
Neuropsychology function is to tell us who we’re not
Buddha’s teaching of everything changes
How perception is a biological function

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