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The Altered States: Conditions That Deepen the Imaginative Mind

The Altered States: Conditions That Deepen the Imaginative Mind

by Ingrid Tove | Feb 16, 2026 | Brief Inquiries

The Power of the “Micro-Drift” Have you ever noticed how thoughts can make you forget time and space? You drift away while reading a text, daydream while driving a car, or start thinking of something else during a conversation. Suddenly, what is happening...
Spirituality & Intuition Through Imagination: The Neuroscience of Inner Guidance

Spirituality & Intuition Through Imagination: The Neuroscience of Inner Guidance

by Ingrid Tove | Feb 15, 2026 | Brief Inquiries

When the Brain Processes “Received” Information Have you ever had an idea, an image, or a solution arrive so suddenly it felt like a gift? If not recently, perhaps as a child. Many of us remember a time in childhood when the world felt entirely “open.”...
Performance Rehearsal Through Imagination: Shaping Skill and Precision

Performance Rehearsal Through Imagination: Shaping Skill and Precision

by Ingrid Tove | Feb 14, 2026 | Brief Inquiries

Train Your Brain for the Real World: The Art of Neural Simulation What if you could literally “pre-program” your brain to handle life’s toughest moments before they even happen? Whether it’s staying calm when life gets rough or training your body to react...
Becoming Someone New: Bridging Science & the Law of Attraction

Becoming Someone New: Bridging Science & the Law of Attraction

by Ingrid Tove | Feb 13, 2026 | Brief Inquiries

Bridging Science & the Law of Attraction: The Mechanics of Becoming Someone New In contemporary self-development, a powerful idea has taken hold: to change your life, you must first change who you are. From the global phenomenon of the “Law of...
When the Past Becomes the Self: Identity and Self-Image in Imagination

When the Past Becomes the Self: Identity and Self-Image in Imagination

by Ingrid Tove | Feb 13, 2026 | Brief Inquiries

Identity as an Ongoing Simulation: How Imagination Reorganizes the Self-Image We often think of our self-image as a static portrait—a collection of traits and labels we have accumulated over a lifetime. We say, “I am an anxious person,” or “I am not...
Compassion & Self-Organization: How Imagination Reorganizes the Self Under Threat

Compassion & Self-Organization: How Imagination Reorganizes the Self Under Threat

by Ingrid Tove | Feb 11, 2026 | Brief Inquiries

When Insight Is Not Enough When anxiety hits the body, when stress grips the stomach — it is not that you are unaware of it. You might even understand where it comes from, what triggered it, and how you “should” think and do in order to change it. In many cases,...
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