On our Name

Mirror Neurons Community is devoted to discussing the possibilities of older people coming together and figuring out how to live better lives.

Mirror neurons are neurons that help nonverbal communication and are said to be responsible for empathy and so on. It is in the early stages of research and cognitive scientists are excited about this type of neurons that may one day fully explain how forgiveness transforms the other person in an instant, how deep transformative person-to-person healing processes may not require words or transpersonal “miracles” including the power of prayer.

This site is not about mirror neurons. It’s about older people. The name of this blog is (recklessly) speculative. There is much neural research going on about mirror neurons. I speculate that mirror neurons are either more in older people or work better in them. So a scientific idea is borrowed for a discussion on a family/ societal issue.

While I would like to acknowledge with thanks the neural scientists working in the area, I would like to offer my apologies to those who may unwittingly come here surfing for mirror neurons only to find the name “hijacked” for a cause such as old-age togetherness.

For me personally my recklessness is an effort of integration (of mirror neurons and old age) in a world that is hopelessly disintegrated... an effort of love and hope...

Thank you

Shankar