How to Differentiate Big Dopamine from Little Dopamine
2023-07-28
You have to talk yourself into Little Dopamine rituals and routines while you have to talk yourself out of Big Dopamine ones.
Two Observations on Ritual
2023-07-28
By: qualiens
A ritual becomes routine when it works, and then we must consciously turn it into a ritual again. Ritual can be as brief as a single breath or long as it takes to hike the Pacific Crest Trail.
Dharma Pathways
2023-07-28
By: qualiens
Regard all dharmas as dreams – C. Trungpa All landmarks and pathways are memories inherited from evolution, culture and experience. They are creations of the mind and, like all thoughts of meaningfulness, they are just dreams. As we let go of our own dreams, and we move into other beings’Continue Reading
Faith and Tonglen
2023-07-28
By: Tony Brussat
God is a totality. If you give it a moment’s thought, so are ecosystems. To be in the image of god is to be like that, a totality, and makes us a part of, or somehow connected to, all that has been created, adapted, evolved. It is a knowing tooContinue Reading
The Fast Life
2023-07-27
By: Tony Brussat
Think on this when fleshing out the landscapes of your Qualia Quotient: Interest may be pulled to extremes by fear or desire, Participation by attraction or threat Just as acute pain is over quickly and may be more bearable than aching or chronic pain, so Homo sapiens lives fast, riskingContinue Reading