Compassion

Daniel Goleman on Compassion

Why you should listen to him:

Daniel Goleman brought the notion of "EI" to prominence as an alternative to more traditional measures of IQ with his 1995 mega-best-seller Emotional Intelligence.

Since the publication of that book, conferences and academic institutes have sprung up dedicated to the idea. EI is taught in public schools, and corporate leaders have adopted it as a new way of thinking about success and leadership. EI, and one's "EIQ," can be an explanation of why some "average" people are incredibly successful, while "geniuses" sometimes fail to live up to their promise.

"Emotional Intelligence, Goleman's highly readable and wide-ranging exploration of the best research available by modern psychologists and educators, provides important insights into the true meaning of intelligence and the qualities it encompasses."

David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle

New Series of 5

Hello!
So we begin our next series of 5 classes together.

We meet in Jaharis 155 at noon until 1.

Here is the sequence we will be using for the next 5 weeks. I recommend doing these at home as well!

Tufts Second Series of 5 Class Sequence

Ear Plugs to Lasers: The Science of Concentration

By JOHN TIERNEY
Published: May 5, 2009

For the focused life, forget multitasking and try meditating.
Imagine that you have ditched your laptop and turned off your smartphone. You are beyond the reach of YouTube, Facebook, e-mail, text messages. You are in a Twitter-free zone, sitting in a taxicab with a copy of “Rapt,” a guide by Winifred Gallagher to the science of paying attention.>>

Meditation posture

Woman meditatingIt’s not only important to be able to sit comfortably for meditation; the way we hold the body has a profound effect on the emotions and mental states that we experience. Something as subtle as the angle that you hold your chin at affects how much thinking you do.

In this section we explain how to use your body effectively in meditation, so that you can relax and at the same time develop alertness. Although relaxation and alertness may appear at first to be opposites, they can in fact coexist during a meditative state.>>