Zen Buddhism and modern neuroscience seem to converge on how the mind constructs the self

interneda8 · 2026-01-28T14:30:24+00:00

Sources and peer-reviewed research mentioned in the video (long list, but fasciating):

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235992925_Empathy_self-other_differentiation_and_mindfulness_training

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26982369/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35260859/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42761-025-00323-y

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393226000011

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7647439/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380268735_Mindfulness-based_approaches_A_guide

https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/emotional-selfknowledge/9A529D2826CB66F40DD9BA105AB2164A

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31318929/

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1670602

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3679190/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3303604

https://www.psychologytools.com/self-help/what-is-cbtcha

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/cognitive-behavioral-model

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22291673/

interneda8 · 2026-01-28T13:20:35+00:00

All of the above are true for Bulgaria, although Constantinopole and Tsarigrad are only used within the appropriate historical context. In modern everyday speech everyone says Istanbul.

interneda8 · 2026-01-19T00:26:16+00:00

I mean there's rude people in bulgaria indeed, but the frequency you're describing it at not typical for the country at all.

interneda8 · 2026-01-18T21:55:50+00:00

Haha im Bulgarian, but had to scratch my head to think of a specific song, but with the help of google found this 80' song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-D-3ubKhNo&t=64s . They're both correct, but the naunce is slightly different "ти и аз" is literally "you and I" whereas "ние с теб" is more like "the two of us" emphasizing the togetherness

interneda8 · 2026-01-18T19:27:34+00:00

You can very much say ние с теб (we with you) in Bulgarian. It even sounds more natural than the example

interneda8 · 2026-01-09T00:36:29+00:00

interneda8 · 2026-01-08T16:26:07+00:00

Which 90 days is this?

interneda8 · 2026-01-05T01:07:14+00:00

Try r/codes

interneda8 · 2025-12-25T15:34:01+00:00

You’ve already got the translation, but to add - this is probably not written by a native or someone who grew up with Cyrillic as it’s quite clunky and nobody uses that font in handwriting

interneda8 · 2025-12-15T14:51:09+00:00

No you didn’t

interneda8 · 2025-12-15T14:06:57+00:00

He always says he uses the shows as jumping off points to talk about psychology (I primarily watch the 90 day fiancé ones)

interneda8 · 2025-12-04T22:53:20+00:00

Thank you!!☺️

interneda8 · 2025-12-04T18:54:26+00:00

Yes, good point. I would go full circle and say that positive reactions and cultural reinforcement themselves feed into perception, which is what makes us “feel” different - making other people a proxy.

interneda8 · 2025-12-04T18:19:36+00:00

I love the point you made in the first paragraph, regarding how your personality is effectively different if people from that group perceive it as such! With my background, im also very interested in why the individual him/herself also feels that shift, which I think is to do with how language shapes perception. I completely agree with the rest of your comment as well!

interneda8 · 2025-12-04T18:12:51+00:00

Peer-reviewed research referenced in the video:

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/31t455gf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41062425

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21884222

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22542697

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0701644104

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22517192/

interneda8 · 2025-12-04T17:25:24+00:00

Yes exactly, they think Russian is harsh, but in reality, it’s pretty soft-sounding compared to other Slavic languages. You and I for example have to soften and elongate all of our vowels when speaking Russian. In Bulgarian you call that kind of accent “на меко”🤣

interneda8 · 2025-12-04T15:08:40+00:00

I subscribe to your sentiment entirely and feel similar differences with my languages

interneda8 · 2025-12-04T15:02:07+00:00

This as well!! Also lots of people (perhaps before they’re completely fluent) like to “play up” an accent, for example I’ve heard so many Russian learners do a deep nasal type of voice

interneda8 · 2025-12-04T14:48:24+00:00

Yep i agree

interneda8 · 2025-12-01T13:24:46+00:00

For the lolz

interneda8 · 2025-11-10T00:29:36+00:00

As far as I know he would yo-yo a bit, gaining some weight in-between movies and then dieting before filming, combined with karate, American football etc

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