Jon Kabat-Zinn

But if the episodic episode of destruction gets to be too overwhelming, there's no rebuilding. There's no infrastructure left. And so waking up is not a kind of luxury. It's an absolute necessity. And it has to happen like...

But if the episodic episode of destruction gets to be too overwhelming, there's no rebuilding. There's no infrastructure left. And so waking up is not a kind of luxury. It's an absolute necessity. And it has to happen like...

But if the episodic episode of destruction gets to be too overwhelming, there's no rebuilding. There's no infrastructure left. And so waking up is not a kind of luxury. It's an absolute necessity. And it has to happen like...

globally every human being on the planet is the cell the way i look at it and i've written about it in coming to our senses and other books we could look at every human being never mind every animal and plant as a cell of the body politic of planet earth and if you have each one of us has i don't know how many gazillions of cells

globally every human being on the planet is the cell the way i look at it and i've written about it in coming to our senses and other books we could look at every human being never mind every animal and plant as a cell of the body politic of planet earth and if you have each one of us has i don't know how many gazillions of cells

globally every human being on the planet is the cell the way i look at it and i've written about it in coming to our senses and other books we could look at every human being never mind every animal and plant as a cell of the body politic of planet earth and if you have each one of us has i don't know how many gazillions of cells

They're like 200 billion neurons in the brain and 200 billion glial cells that are taking care of those neurons. So we got trillions and trillions of cells. Now, every single one of those trillions of cells needs an adequate blood supply or it dies. right? With every heartbeat, it needs to get that oxygen. And if it doesn't, it undergoes what's called necrosis.

They're like 200 billion neurons in the brain and 200 billion glial cells that are taking care of those neurons. So we got trillions and trillions of cells. Now, every single one of those trillions of cells needs an adequate blood supply or it dies. right? With every heartbeat, it needs to get that oxygen. And if it doesn't, it undergoes what's called necrosis.

They're like 200 billion neurons in the brain and 200 billion glial cells that are taking care of those neurons. So we got trillions and trillions of cells. Now, every single one of those trillions of cells needs an adequate blood supply or it dies. right? With every heartbeat, it needs to get that oxygen. And if it doesn't, it undergoes what's called necrosis.

In other words, before it dies, it just goes into senescence and necrosis, and then you create necrotic tissue, which is not a good prescription for living a long, happy life. So it becomes obvious at a certain point that if everybody on the planet

In other words, before it dies, it just goes into senescence and necrosis, and then you create necrotic tissue, which is not a good prescription for living a long, happy life. So it becomes obvious at a certain point that if everybody on the planet

In other words, before it dies, it just goes into senescence and necrosis, and then you create necrotic tissue, which is not a good prescription for living a long, happy life. So it becomes obvious at a certain point that if everybody on the planet

is a cell of the one body of wellbeing of the planet, then everybody has to have enough oxygen or money or wherewithal or hope to actually function in relationship to all the other trillions of people, or at this case, 10 billion people on the planet, to govern ourselves, and I'm using that word instrumentally, in ways that maximize wellbeing for everybody, every cell on the planet, and minimize harm.

is a cell of the one body of wellbeing of the planet, then everybody has to have enough oxygen or money or wherewithal or hope to actually function in relationship to all the other trillions of people, or at this case, 10 billion people on the planet, to govern ourselves, and I'm using that word instrumentally, in ways that maximize wellbeing for everybody, every cell on the planet, and minimize harm.

is a cell of the one body of wellbeing of the planet, then everybody has to have enough oxygen or money or wherewithal or hope to actually function in relationship to all the other trillions of people, or at this case, 10 billion people on the planet, to govern ourselves, and I'm using that word instrumentally, in ways that maximize wellbeing for everybody, every cell on the planet, and minimize harm.

minimize harm, because the more we create those kind of violent episodes and so forth, the more we're actually just creating more of the same old, but as I said, with much more powerful weapons. So it's interesting that we're even having this conversation where meditation could be thought of, especially in terms of MBSR and

minimize harm, because the more we create those kind of violent episodes and so forth, the more we're actually just creating more of the same old, but as I said, with much more powerful weapons. So it's interesting that we're even having this conversation where meditation could be thought of, especially in terms of MBSR and

minimize harm, because the more we create those kind of violent episodes and so forth, the more we're actually just creating more of the same old, but as I said, with much more powerful weapons. So it's interesting that we're even having this conversation where meditation could be thought of, especially in terms of MBSR and

people with chronic illness and chronic pain in the hospital is something that's been really valuable and shown to be through science to have lots of effects on the body and the brain over the past 40 years of research and so forth. That's just at the level of individuals. And yes, learning how to reduce your stress and work intelligently with the forces at play in your own individual life.

people with chronic illness and chronic pain in the hospital is something that's been really valuable and shown to be through science to have lots of effects on the body and the brain over the past 40 years of research and so forth. That's just at the level of individuals. And yes, learning how to reduce your stress and work intelligently with the forces at play in your own individual life.