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Your Brain’s Three Jobs

1. Primitive Drive

Your brain controls your physical behaviour, your movements and your breath.

2. Meaning

Your brain judges and perceives the world and maps out your current experience.

3. Imagination

Your brain thinks, plans, decides and creates your future and lays the foundation for evolution.

Chose Your Desires Carefully

Are you wondering why you are unhappy?

Desire is a contract you make with yourself
to be unhappy until you get what you want.”

– Naval Ravikant

Desire is suffering.”

– The Buddha

Look at your desires as the possible culprit of your unhappiness:

Try not to have more than one big desire in your life at any given time and be aware of the fact that this desire is the very reason for your suffering. Make that choice to be unhappy a conscious one and it will take some weight off your shoulders.

Space-Time-Bridging

The meditation method Space-Time-Bridging was created by neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman and helps you get present (as in calm and alert), optimize your focus to get the right things done, and access an inspired, hyper-creative state of mind.

Complete each step while connecting it to one breath, a breath cycle, or several breath cycles – whichever you prefer. Repeat the three steps as long as you want, at least for 3 minutes for maximum effects.

1. Sense Within

Breathe (in): “Internalize” your attention, gently placing it on a point inside your body or head, e.g. your third eye.

2. Focus

Breathe (out): Open your eyes and focus your gaze on a single point close by on the surface of your body, e.g. your hand.

3. Defocus

Breathe (in): See the whole picture at once; relax your eyes and take in everything in your field of vision.

Repeat.

This video shows the process in more detail, explained by Andrew Huberman himself.

Learn more from neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman here.

How To Be Zen With Money

How To Heal The 5 Negative Emotions That Block Abundance And Keep You Stuck In Scarcity

1. Anxiety

Do you get a big clump in your stomach whenever you look at your bank account or when you have to pay a bill?

Shift your mind to gratitude. Overcome your money nervousness by knowing that the present and the future are not scary and that you are safe. See all the things you currently have and enjoy.

2. Fear

Deep down you are afraid of not having enough money to live. To run out of money.

Go ahead and really Imagine the worst-case scenario (that will very likely never happen). Realize that even if you lose your job and your home, you will always have someone (if it’s a friend or a family member) on whose couch you can crash until you get back on your feet. So, relax. Having no money won’t kill you, but the fear of it might.

3. Doubt

Financial doubts (about your ability to earn money, your investments, your employer or your business) make you paranoid and hold you back.

Know that people will always have needs and wants, There will always be an economy and a way to make money. If you have any skill or any knowledge that can help others you can survive and you can thrive.

4. Guilt

Guilt is an easy feeling to get addicted to, because, in a way, it makes us feel better. Unfortunately, you can’t enjoy money if you feel guilty about receiving or giving money.

Stop thinking that guilt protects you. Know that you are not stealing from other people when you make money. Money flows through people and it will flow through you to others; you are always passing on what you earn. Earning money does not mean that you take it away from anyone or anything. On the contrary: You can control where the money flows to once you have it. In a way, it’s one way to shape the world.

5. Self-Neglect

It’s easy to fall in the self-neglect state as it is connected to guilt. When you are in this sacrifice mode you don’t pay yourself first after you earn something.

Make sure to make yourself happy with a focus on the longterm. Save and invest first after you earn money, as well as spend a little amount of your income for enjoyment, wellness and comfort.

By “Zen Millionaire” Ken Honda

The Best Ways To Strengthen Your Mitochondria And Increase Energy

Mitochondria are the parts of cells (think of it like the cell’s main organ) that give your cells their energy by making a molecule called ATP that cells use as fuel.

The better your mitochondria work, the more and better energy your body has available.

Here are 5 study-proven ways to give your mitochondria a boost and/or increase the number of mitochondria:

  1. Cold Exposure (e.g. 30-second-showers under cold water or short ice baths)
  2. Heat Therapy (e.g. sauna)
  3. High Intensity Training (short bursts of maximum energy capacity, e.g. 30-second sprints)
  4. Turmeric (use as supplements, make a tea form it or sprinkle some on your meals combined with some freshly ground pepper for better absorption)
  5. Avoid processed/added sugars (you know it!)

Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26278015/