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Smart, thinking adults tend to create logjams in that river of thought. We ruminate. We feel stuck. And especially in the case of habits, we live out the same experiences over and over. We are unknowingly, unintentionally creating our
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“Do all that you can, with all that you have, in the time that you have, in the place where you are. —Nkosi Johnson”
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
“In your own mind, what do you usually think about at the end of the day? The fifty things that went right, or the one that went wrong? Such as the driver who cut you off in traffic, or the one thing on your To Do list that didn’t get done . . . In effect, the brain is like Velcro for negative experiences, but Teflon for positive ones. That shades implicit memory—your underlying feelings, expectations, beliefs, inclinations, and mood—in an increasingly negative direction. Which is not fair, since most of the facts in your life are probably positive or at least neutral. Besides the injustice of it, the growing pile of negative experiences in implicit memory naturally makes a person more anxious, irritable, and blue—plus it gets harder to be patient and giving toward others. But you don’t have to accept this bias! By tilting toward the good—toward that which brings more happiness and benefit to oneself and others—you merely level the playing field. Then, instead of positive experiences washing through you like water through a sieve, they’ll collect in implicit memory deep down in your brain.”
― Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
― Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
“Any single time of taking in the good will usually make just a little difference. But over time those little differences will add up, gradually weaving positive experiences into the fabric of your brain and your whole being.”
― Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
― Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
“Every time you take in the good, you build a little bit of neural structure. Doing this a few times a day—for months and even years—will gradually change your brain, and how you feel and act, in far-reaching ways.”
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
“And not much around in this society, with its nutty insistence on the nuclear family and faceless cities and no roots, to take up the slack. We should change the way we’ve organized society so that we make better use of the Next Third of our lives. We should foster commitments and communities that will last a lifetime, and I believe we will. Because it’s so obvious. But not in time for you. American society has been rushing down this weird, atomizing, isolating track for a hundred years now—making us into rounder, smoother pieces for the global economy we’re all so nuts about—and it’s not going to stop on a dime, even though it should.”
― Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Until You're 80 and Beyond
― Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Until You're 80 and Beyond
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