Place, Personhood & the Hippocampus

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September 26, 2021 a project of ServiceSpace Navigating becomes a way of knowing, familiarity, and fondness. It is how you can fall in love with a mountain or a forest. - M.R. O'Connor - Place, Personhood & the Hippocampus "'Place and a mind may interpenetrate till the nature of both is altered,' the Scottish mountaineer and poet Nan Shepherd wrote in her lyrical love letter to her native Highlands, echoing an ancient intuition about how our formative physical landscapes shape our landscapes of thought and feeling. The word 'genius' in the modern sense, after all, originates in the Latin phrase genius loci -- 'the spirit of a place.'" In this post, Maria Popova delves into the themes of M.R. O'Connor's book, "Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World." { read more } Be The Change GPS gives directions -- but what does it take away? This excerpt from O'Connor's book shares more. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Being Resilient During Coronavirus I Wish My Teacher Knew... Translating Meaning Into Life: A Taoist Parable The Monkey and the River One Love Two Words That Can Change a Life Love in the Time of Coronavirus Beyond Overwhelm into Refuge DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 243,263 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More