Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

good way to answer this question is in terms of your brain’s three operating systems. If you feel worried, tense, pushed on, or helpless, that triggers the avoiding harms system, so you’d be particularly helped by “resource experiences” related to this system, such as protection, safety, relaxation, strength, and agency. Sadness, disappointment, fr

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This is what Dan Siegel refers to as the window of tolerance. In this zone, your body can hold more energy—both yours and others—and it’s also where karmic change, sublime connection, and profound inspiration exist. For example, your capacity to withstand and hold a feminine storm of emotion—especially if directed at you—and then powerfully choose

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