Tag: Advice

Notes I made a couple of weeks ago while listening to Rick Hanson, author of Buddha’s Brain:, talking about samadhi (concentration). This advice resonates well with my own practice, wanted to make note of it here for reference (mine and yours).

• Set an intention – which sets the mind to a particular direction.
• Relax, settle down.
• Help yourself feel safer.
• Activate positive emotion. Think about things that gladden the heart (activating dopamine and norepinephrine).
• Keep the critters out. The voices in your head aren’t necessarily friendly or helpful.
• Build a wholesome neural structure.
• Intend and sense/evaluate benefits – “How’s that going for you?”