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Yugas: The Hindu Map of Time

Yugas: The Hindu Map of Time

The Eastern view of time is completely different to the Western view. A perfect example of this is the Hindu time system called the Yugas. The word yuga in Sanskrit means age, cycle, or world era. The yugas are a complex world-age doctrine of four ages. The yugas map the cycles of change within the universe…

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Understanding Flow – Part 2 Ancient Philosophy

Understanding Flow – Part 2 Ancient Philosophy

The embodied model of the self was the primary viewpoint during the Warring States period of China, and also other parts of Asia. But it was in China especially that we discover the embodied mind model. During the Warring States period there were numerous philosophers and sages whose names we still…

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Understanding Flow – Part 1 Modern Science

Understanding Flow – Part 1 Modern Science

What is the nature of being in a flow state of consciousness? How and why do we experience flow? What truly is flow? The term flow was first coined and popularized by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi who is a Hungarian psychologist. He wrote a fascinating book called Flow back in 1990. When we think…

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