I'm a bit late to the conversation, but this line really struck me:
"What sort of headset would actually bring out our noblest impulses rather than our deepest cravings?"
My immediate thought was "That's what meditation is!" I started meditation around 45 minutes a day about a year and a half ago, and it often feels like a training ground …
I'm a bit late to the conversation, but this line really struck me:
"What sort of headset would actually bring out our noblest impulses rather than our deepest cravings?"
My immediate thought was "That's what meditation is!" I started meditation around 45 minutes a day about a year and a half ago, and it often feels like a training ground for life. I'll feel peace and contentment, but I can see greater peace, contentment, and pleasure dangling just out of reach. As I reach for it, I'll get an intuitive sense for what it is that keeps me from obtaining it, I need more patience, acceptance, love, or something similar. Then, as I practice what I lack, I get direct feedback during the meditation, and as I get better at it, I see ways of applying it to my daily life. It's a fascinating process.
I'm a bit late to the conversation, but this line really struck me:
"What sort of headset would actually bring out our noblest impulses rather than our deepest cravings?"
My immediate thought was "That's what meditation is!" I started meditation around 45 minutes a day about a year and a half ago, and it often feels like a training ground for life. I'll feel peace and contentment, but I can see greater peace, contentment, and pleasure dangling just out of reach. As I reach for it, I'll get an intuitive sense for what it is that keeps me from obtaining it, I need more patience, acceptance, love, or something similar. Then, as I practice what I lack, I get direct feedback during the meditation, and as I get better at it, I see ways of applying it to my daily life. It's a fascinating process.