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Buddhas Brain: Self and Identification?____:Updated
margareta-snyders by Sir Anthony van Dyck One way the self grows is by equating itself to things—by identifying with them. Unfortunately, when you identify with something, you make its fate your...
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Buddha’s Brain:..Happiness part three:____Updated
godfrey-blow- “Happiness, love, and wisdom aren’t furthered by shutting down the SNS (sympathetic nervous system), but rather by keeping the autonomic nervous system as a whole in an optimal state...
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Buddha’s Brain:…Happiness part four;___Updated
Isaac Ilyich Levitan (1860-1900) As the saying goes, pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. If you can simply stay present with whatever is arising in awareness—whether it’s a first dart or a...
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More Buddhas Brain: Hunger for Approval?
When you take things personally—or hunger for approval—what happens? You suffer. When you identify with something as “me” or try to possess something as “mine,” you set yourself up for suffering, since...
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Practice Non-contention:—-update
barn owl web from Buddhas Brain: Don’t argue unless you have to. Inside your own mind, try not to get swirled along by the mind-streams of other people. Reflect on the neurological turbulence...
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updated:..more cortisol damage:…Rick Hanson; The mechanism accumulates more...
Meanwhile, frequent SNS/HPAA activation wears down the hippocampus, which is vital for forming explicit memories—clear records of what actually happened. * Cortisol and related glucocorticoid hormones...
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C-PTSD: One with One Million Zeroes behind it? Updated
Celestial Tree by Robert Venosa We all have the same chance at happiness, look at how many zeroes are behind our minute by minute choices. From the book Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of...
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Anxious again and again; Buddha’s Brain: …Updated!!
Repeated SNS/HPAA (sympathetic nervous system/hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal axis) makes the amygdala more reactive to apparent threats, which in turn increases SNS/HPAA activation, which sensitizes...
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Self. No self:–updated
More from Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson: The self keeps changing; in the brain, every manifestation of the self is impermanent. Just as the...
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Updated:—-C-PTSD: You do not have to be special
Long Lost Memories From Buddhas Brain; Believing that you need to be special in order to deserve love and support sets a really high bar that takes much effort and strain to clear—day after day after...
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HIGH-PRIORITY STORAGE:—-Rick Hanson; Buddha’s Brain.
. . “When an event is flagged as negative, the hippocampus makes sure it’s stored carefully for future reference. . Once burned, twice shy. . Your brain is like Velcro for negative experiences and...
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