Below you will find a video titled: “Neuroscientist: You Must Meditate Everyday” by Andrew Huberman. This video provides some great insight into why meditation is so important and how our brain is operating when we do and don’t meditate. Our thoughts are very powerful and it is time for us to understand our minds and thoughts.
Andrew Huberman is an American neuroscientist and associate professor in the Department of Neurology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His involvement in this field includes making contributions in brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair fields.
I found this video fascinating because of the science of how our brain works in relation to our thoughts. Here are some key takeaways I enjoyed:
- Thoughts, feelings and memories grow in their prominence when my awareness is focused
- When you focus on your brain the thoughts come by in waves and can be overwhelming because there are so many of them
- When you direct your attention to the area of your brain that directs attention there is nothing to sense there
- We are usually splitting our perception into multiple things, our feelings and thoughts
- When we put all of our perception into thoughts we can see how disorganized, random and intrusive they can be
- Most people are in their own heads a lot and not in the present moment
- We can be focused sometimes too much on what we perceive internally than we do externally
- The need to meditate focuses inward, making us more mindful and aware. It can enhance our presence and happiness for well being
What are your thoughts? How often are you focused more inwardly than presently?