Last week NASA announced the discovery of seven Earth-like planets orbiting “Trappist 1”, a dwarf star only 39 light years from here. “Earth-like” doesn’t mean anyone has seen continents and oceans, just that the planetsContinue reading
Author: Niels Viggo
Niels Viggo Hansen, Ph.D., - philosopher, physicist, researcher at Interacting Minds Center, Aarhus University. My current research is about links between meditation, habits and social dynamics. I also teach meditation, especially through my engagement in Moving Meditation (http://www.moving-meditation.dk), and offer workshops in spirituality in the crossroads of East and West (http://www.nybrud.dk)
Easter at Gomde: secrets hiding in the open
A special tradition has taken root at Gomde Denmark at Easter time: Erik Pema Kunsang’s annual meditation retreat for everyone – new and old meditators, Buddhists as well as non-Buddhists, Danes as well as English-speakingContinue reading
Habits – and dancing with them
Habits are a deeply interesting part of human existence, worth a lot more care and listening than we usually give them. It is often taken for granted that habits belong to the most trivial backgroundContinue reading
Blog intro: We need depth
Surfaces grow. Things, projects, information and networks make expanding and accelerating whirls through our lives. We are socialized into performing and accomplishing by being clever, smart, healthy and right-looking by multiple and fast-changing standards. AsContinue reading