No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism

by Chris Niebauer

That being said, simply by becoming aware of the left brain's propensity to see patterns, we can begin to take them less seriously. This has significant benefits for how we experience the world, including reducing our suffering.

I scored a quick point because I wasn't thinking . . . I was just doing. Then, when I started thinking how cool it would be to win, my performance quickly diminished. It wasn't what I was thinking that negatively impacted my performance; it was the fact that I was thinking at all.