There is nothing quite like it. At Acem’s training in interpersonal communication, the focus is on down-to-earth group work takes precedence. Instead of talks and lectures, much of the time is spent in groups of six to nine people, with an extremely open agenda. In collaboration with the other group members and […]
Today, most people are aware of the negative consequences of frequent screen use. News websites, social media, and apps are designed to make us dependent. The ability to concentrate and focus is weakened. Much suggests that excessive screen use may even make us lonelier. […]
Restlessness and boredom may be a challenge in meditation – here is some advice that may help.
At times, something makes friction in your meditation. You sit down in order to relax, but it feels like you are only at the surface, and you feel like breaking off the meditation. When it seems meaningless to continue, […]
When we need to get something done in the short term, keeping unpleasant information out of our awareness may be necessary. But the price to be paid can be high in the long term. This may be easy to recognize in other people, in politics, in work life, or in our family. “The Emperor’s New […]
In 2022 an engineer at Google leaked an interview with the advanced chatbot LaMDA. LaMDA is an artificial intelligence language model like the now-popular ChatGPT.
The Google engineer publicly announced that LaMDA had developed consciousness and that it had a soul. Therefore, he claimed, it was entitled to certain rights and that Google for example should […]
Training in Interpersonal Communication
Halvorsbøle International Retreat Centre, Oslo
29 April – 7 May 2023
We are happy to invite Acem meditators from all countries to this very special event. The training is suitable both for first-timers and people with previous experience from Acem’s communication courses.
From early on in the course, you will discover that there is a lot […]
The Meditation Blog has received several questions regarding the relationship between the so-called Default Mode Network of the brain and meditation.
The discovery of the brain’s Default Mode Network by Raichle et al. (2001) opened new perspectives on the functioning of the brain when we are at rest. Several areas of the cortex, mostly in the […]
Training in Interpersonal Communication
Halvorsbøle International Retreat Centre, Oslo
29 April – 7 May 2023
Oriol Cuxart Pérez, Biomedical Engineer, Barcelona: “This course will improve my relationships”
“The course has significantly improved my self-understanding. Both meditation and the communication course […]
“When people sign up for a meditation course, they are often at a point in their life where they are under strain in one way or another”, says Cathrine Pedersen, project manager and instructor in Acem.
Cathrine Pedersen went from management positions at the Postal Service to doing research on educational institutions and the interaction between […]
What would have happened if Julie, the leading character in the award-winning movie “The Worst Person in the World”, had learned Acem meditation?
She will soon be 30 and is on the threshold of established adult life, but hesitates. After switching studies twice, from medicine to psychology and then to photography, she works in a bookstore […]
