A fear center? A threat detection system? What does the amygdala do? 🧵 on amygdala anatomy and function.

Rinzai Zen priest Cristina Moon‘s newly released memoir has just arrived :) I have been very much looking forward to reading this. Cristina kindly gave me a tour of their beautiful temple chozen-ji when I was in town earlier this year.

In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, sits down with @Cmoon to discuss the importance of learning to face challenges directly and how she’s learning to take herself less seriously while remaining entirely sincere. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war…

All Tricycle Mag subscribers: Please join me for this on July 11!

I met with a group of teenagers yesterday. One of their teachers had suggested that I talk to them about career paths because they're all anxious about exams, university choices and future work. Instead of talking to them, I listened, and the actual problem was very different.

The antidepressant effects of exercise. 🧵1/8

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“Over the weeks, months, and then years of training in Kendo, it would become deeply ingrained in me to face conflict and challenges this way: head on and belly button forward.” — @Cmoon #DailyDharma buff.ly/3TLiq8z

Love me some Foucault. Still love to flex that he trained in Zen with Omori Sogen, the founder if my temple 🙏🏼💪🏼

“Martial arts can enliven zazen so that, hopefully, if you’re doing serious #Zen training, you can achieve the same #wisdom that comes with age much younger in life.” Cristina Moon in a conversation with James Shaheen tricycle.org/magazine/crist…

Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, a graduate of Hilo High School on the Big Island of Hawai'i and the inventor of CRISPR, in the news again. This time not for a medical breakthrough but a potentially climate-saving one! #HawaiiTech washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

Don't let what you see on social media skew your view of humanity. Most bad behavior is due to a few bad apples: • Just 3% of active users are toxic, but they generate 33% of online content • 1% of communities launch 74% of conflict • 0.1% of users spread 80% of fake news

Dems — time to hit reset + regroup.

Through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped move this country forward. As we honor his legacy today, let’s remember the lesson he taught us: that even in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can help change it.

I hate doing this. I only @ companies in public when I have genuinely tried (and failed) to get help thru the usual customer service channels. So, Collective—it's been months that I've been trying to get a response on finishing my business tax return. How can we resolve this?