Planetary Perspective

Besides the contemplative state that observing and interacting with water triggers, it's common to experience feelings of awe. And awe invokes feelings of a connection to something beyond oneself, a sense of the vastness of nature and an attempt to make sense of the experience.

The Cosmic Perspective exercise intentionally expands awareness beyond immediate concerns. This Stoic practice works because:

• It activates the prefrontal cortex, reducing amygdala-driven stress responses
• It provides immediate cognitive distance from overwhelmin...

• “Cognitive” basically means “Thinking”– perceiving, memory, language, problem- solving, and so on. 
• The mind is ACTIVE and constantly looking for MEANINGS. They especially studied this in relation to visual perception, e.g. recogn...