r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 09 '24

Neuroscience Your Brain Changes Based on What You Did Two Weeks Ago | A workout or restless night from two weeks ago could still be affecting you—positively or negatively—today.

https://www.newsweek.com/brain-changes-neuroscience-exercise-sleep-health-two-weeks-1965107
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u/KilluaKanmuru Oct 09 '24

Yeah self-soothing is learnable. It can lead to these altered states of consciousness called the jhanas during meditation, and when your mind learns how to relate to stimuli well enough, which is equanimity, the mind locks in the skill permanently like learning how to walk. r/streamentry talks more about paths toward this outcome.

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u/thoreau_away_acct Oct 09 '24

Hare Krishna Krishna hare... All seems nice until a few months later you're at some compound and a yogi "master" is telling you they need to sodomize you so you can understand his teachings better

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u/thejaytheory Oct 09 '24

I kinda got sucked into a rabbit hole looking at jhanas

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u/arup02 Oct 09 '24

I feel like new age people are just happier than the rest. Maybe they're doing something right.

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u/NoamLigotti Oct 09 '24

Yeah, so are monotheists.

Delusions can be comforting.

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u/MoreRopePlease Oct 09 '24

I went to a silent meditation retreat once. During one of the sitting meditations, I noticed I was in a state of consciousness similar to being on mushrooms. Is that an example of jhana?