prefrontal cortex interpret things, can interpret what is going on in ACC(ACC accepts body signals)

A paper called A Wandering Mind Is An Unhappy Mind
stimulus-indipendent thoughts — defualt mode network
“In conclusion, a human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. The ability to think about what is not happening (in a moment), is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost. “

闭上眼睛,去进行主观判断,自己现在的attention是更偏向内在还是外在,然后进行不同冥想练习的选择。Youtuber推荐进行和当下更容易做到的相反的方向的冥想,比如说现在大脑中有很多游离的思想,关于过去或现在或未来,闭上眼睛很容易就能focus on 内在,那么做一些增强外在的冥想比较好;再比如说,假如现在在飞机场,被外在很多东西所烦恼着,这时候可以试着focus on internal。

无论是专注于外在或内在,refocus是一个进步的过程,塑造大脑神经。So rather than think about your ability to focus, think about your ability to refocus

Meditation app—waking up(nothing helpful)

There is no sensation in the brain. Thoughts will wander around randomly and intrusively when you close your eyes and focu on your prefrontal cortex

可持续性是关键,而不用在意时间长短

大多数冥想练习中的呼吸都试着去减慢呼吸。在默认情况下,吸气是主动的,呼气是被动的。但在冥想中,要求呼气也是主动的。

怎么呼吸,没有一刀切的规则。冷静还是警觉,与呼和吸的比例和频率有关。呼 > 吸 或 在呼和吸间增加间隔—calm down,刻意吸,让吸更有力,则更警觉。

呼吸既是冥想练习的一部分,但呼吸本身也是一种冥想。即纯粹的呼吸也是一种冥想形式。冥想更多地专注于呼吸,它将更偏向内在

除了内在和外在这一条线,还有内在与解离(dissociation)这条线。

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