attention
The kind of attention we pay actually alters the world: we are, literally, partners in creation
from The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist
attention
Crucially for our purposes, the DMN is negatively correlated with the attention network (AN), meaning that the more it is activated, the less access we have to the power of our attention.
James Doty • Mind Magic
DMN - the default mode network
I recently declared feed bankruptcy.
At various points in my week // day, I type "kottke.org" into my browser, hit enter, and read whatever is there. Then I type "chorus.fm" and do the same thing. Then Daring Fireball. Then Hacker News.
I read good things, on good websites.
And it feels like an exercise in nostalgia.
Between 2010 and now, we... See more
At various points in my week // day, I type "kottke.org" into my browser, hit enter, and read whatever is there. Then I type "chorus.fm" and do the same thing. Then Daring Fireball. Then Hacker News.
I read good things, on good websites.
And it feels like an exercise in nostalgia.
Between 2010 and now, we... See more
I Have Declared Feed Bankruptcy.
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
— Simone Weil
substack.com • Home | Substack
The salience network is the cognitive system the brain uses to determine what is important.
James Doty • Mind Magic
your mind has a tendency to dwell on the aspects of you that need improvement, fuelled by established patterns of subconscious self-scrutiny in the name of self-improvement
to counteract this, make a deliberate effort to recognise the goodness, sweetness & delightfulness in you
nibras - offline till 15 Jul - ꩜ نبراس ◡̈x.comonly when we have shifted into the rest-and-digest response of the nervous system will our brains allow us to reclaim our attention, access the power of our imagination, and unlock our subconscious.
James Doty • Mind Magic
the importance of escaping survival mode and fear in order to reclaim and control your attention
Because attention determines what will or will not appear in consciousness, and because it is also required to make any other mental events—such as remembering, thinking, feeling, and making decisions—happen there, it is useful to think of it as psychic energy. Attention is like energy in that without it no work can be done, and in doing work it is
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
“We create ourselves by how we invest this energy.”
my tendency’s been to fixate on what’s difficult, painful, or scary in my experience, with a sincere desire to improve or change them. lately, i’m convinced there’s a better option: to shift my attention to what's good, beautiful, and pleasurable & allow those to saturate my life
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