Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The default mode network is the area of the brain that is active when we are doing nothing, and it is typically active when we are thinking about things that are self-related. As you develop your mindfulness and meditation skills, you will notice your mind wandering less and less. #2 Selective memories are created to unconsciously prove that the judgments are accurate. Your emotions, biases, desires, preferences, and fears affect your perception. And what you assume about yourself as the perceiving subject distorts the perception of the object. #3 When you can turn your attention towards a thought without being seduced by the story line, you will be able to explore your tendencies, patterns, and the intentions that propel speech and action. #4 When you notice the thoughts that come into your mind, you may find that certain patterns are clearly harmful. Other patterns that run through your mind each day may not seem overtly cruel, greedy, or hateful, but they may still obstruct your concentration.

L'auteur de « l'Allemagne dans l'Histoire », le prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein, est un authentique Européen par le cosmopolitisme de sa vaste culture et l'orientation de sa pensée. L'histoire de l'Allemagne qui, certainement, est la plus complexe de toute l'Europe, s'en trouve, sous sa plume, judicieusement et objectivement éclairée. Bien peu d'historiens avaient réussi, jusqu'à ce jour, à exposer avec autant de clarté le passé lointain de l'Allemagne, ni à donner - des événements récents qui la bouleversèrent - un exposé d'une intensité aussi magistrale. C'est pourquoi encore le livre du prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein, en comptant parmi ceux qui, à force d'objectivité et de profonde compréhension, servent grandement notre communauté occidentale, est un enrichissement pour l'intelligence.