by Doug Hammack | Oct 25, 2015 | Message Audio, Time
Last week, we saw how our brains have a built-in motivation system to get us up, out of bed, eating, drinking, procreating, and doing the things we need to further our lives and the species. The whole system is a real blessing. But it’s also a curse. It sucks us...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 18, 2015 | Message Audio, Time
There are some chemicals in our brains that create a motivation cycle which really helps us. These chemicals get us out of bed, and motivate us to eat, and work, and make babies — all the stuff we need to do to sustain life. What a relief! When something goes...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 30, 2016 | Amos and Social Solidarity, Message Audio
We continue our discussion around talking across the divide. In today’s lesson we look at the effects both affluence and poverty have on our brains, and the corresponding ways those effects influence our spiritual journeys. Have a listen, Doug ...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 23, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Our brains evolved to keep us safe in hunter-gatherer bands on the Serengeti. Features of a brain designed for safety there, don’t necessarily work well for us here. Unconscious bias is one of those “safety” features. But the spiritual journey...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 20, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
Our brains have a negative bias. We must be intentional in stirring gratitude, or we can easily zombie through life missing everyday light and love. Stirring gratitude is a simple spiritual practice that returns to us twenty-fold. ...
