Free Event—The Flashlight, Floodlight & Juggler: Training Attention with Meditation

FREE EVENT

The Flashlight, Floodlight & Juggler: Training Attention with Meditation

with David R. Vago, Amishi Jha, Tenzin Wangyal and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich

A live online conversation with contemplative neuroscientists David R. Vago, Ph.D., and Amishi Jha, Ph.D.; dzogchen master Geshe Tenzin Wangyal; and host Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, Ph.D.

Can we live more fully just by paying more attention? Our panelists discuss the science behind attention, how mindfulness can help us achieve our greatest potential and strategies for being more present in each moment.

Using metaphors from Dr. Jha’s recent bestselling book, Peak Mind, the panelists will discuss three subsystems of attention: the flashlight (selective focus), floodlight (receptive attention), and juggler (executive functioning). They will also discuss the similarities and differences between neuroscientific and Buddhist models of attention, plus recent findings from lab-based and field studies of contemplative training.

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This CyberSangha broadcast is part of the Month of the Mind in “A Year of Body, Speech, and Mind,” a free online program of live teachings, practices, and science & spirituality dialogs. Other related events during the Month of the Mind include:

• Sunday, February 5, 2023, 10 a.m. New York time: 24-Hour Full Moon Practice, “Through Spaciousness, Manifest Qualities That Benefit Others”
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• Saturday, February 18, 2023, 11 a.m. New York time: “Realizing Your Full Potential: Manifesting Qualities That Benefit Others”
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