phenomenology
a philosophy of experience that seeks to explain the nature of things through the way people experience them
phenomenology
The Symmetry Theory of Valence (@The Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London)
youtube.comone of my big shifts the last four years was from
"health & wellbeing as a list of chores I have to do"
to
"health & wellbeing as a self-motivating attractor state, because feeling good feels good"
a key to the shift seems to be:... See more
Elena Lake 🌿x.com
predictive processing
When we are simply attentive to the raw data of sensory experience, we cultivate a quality of bare attention that is free of concepts, that doesn’t make more out of something than it actually is, that doesn’t build a story around the experience or analyze the experience or imagine a different or better scenario. It is a way of being that is free
... See moreMark Coleman • Awake in the Wild
Moreover, adopting this curious, receptive attitude throughout your life is what will make your practice actually meaningful. Sitting for long periods of time is not particularly useful if you don’t make practice part of your way of being. See if you can drop into a state of presence here and there throughout the day. Get into the habit of asking,... See more