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Jul 9, 2006
"If you practice remaining speechless for a long enough time, you begin to realize how severely limited your thinking has become through shaping thoughts into the words and concepts of everyday, middle-range consciousness." --Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
Optimal Brain Performance? Try Solitude.
Ask UC Davis Neurobiologist Leo Chalupa what is needed to attain optimal brain performance, and his answer will likely shock you. He knows that there are programs offered now to make virtually any region of your neocortex a more efficient processor. Parents are urged to begin such regimes in preschool children and adults are told to take advantage of their brain's plastic properties for professional advancement. But his answer? A 24-hour period of absolute solitude! Absolute solitude means no verbal interactions of any kind (written or spoken, live or recorded) with another human being. In the following article, Chalupa holds the position that, "A national day of absolute solitude would do more to improve the brains of all Americans than any other one-day program."
BE THE CHANGE
Consider Professor Chalupa's advice: spend a day in solitude.
