@article{1439186,
      recid = {1439186},
      author = {Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis. and Nenadovic, Vera.},
      title = {Being and becoming : a guide to act in the theatre of  existence /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {Many people spend considerable time seeking a sense of  purpose in life and, concomitant with that, a sense of  personal identity. This book demystifies this search,  revealing why this search is a fallacy. The purpose is to  inform readers about results in neuroscience and biophysics  that may guide us to some liberation needed in the current  age of great complexity in life with a diverse burden of  chores; a deliverance from some afflictions that prevent  individuals from achieving the true purpose of our lives.  Among these afflictions we find two primordial concerns:  the belief and subsequent attachment to a self, and the  conviction that life must have a deep purpose in which we  are major players. While this is a scientific text, it can  easily be read by a lay audience, written with minimal  technical jargon and with references to scientific papers  enough to satisfy the curious. We have tried to extract the  essence of scientific observations such that we can glimpse  at those aforementioned concerns about the self and life,  observations which help us comprehend what we are and what  we become, the being and becoming of our own selves and  natural phenomena around us. Jose Luis Perez Velazquez  received a PhD in Molecular Physiology & Biophysics. His  research seeks principles of biological organisation. He  worked at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and was  Professor at the University of Toronto. Currently he is a  Research Scholar at the Ronin Institute and lives in the  natural paradise of Asturias, in Northern Spain. Vera  Nenadovic is a nurse practitioner, neuroscientist and  entrepreneur. She has 30 years of experience in healthcare  from First Nations communities to intensive care units. Her  research focuses on predicting brain injury outcomes. She  is a clinician and researcher at Holland Bloorview Kids  Rehab Hospital. Her startup company BrainsView is  commercializing software that analyzes brainwaves to  monitor brain function and recovery after head injury. She  is married and lives in Toronto, with her husband and  Rottweiler.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1439186},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78264-1},
}