A piece of wisdom from
June 8, 2019 · Saturday
The quote
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
— Dalai Lama · Tonglen
The concept
Dopamine Detox
Restore your brain's baseline. Earn back joy.
You aren't low on willpower, your dopamine receptors are saturated. Modern life delivers more stimulation in a single morning than your nervous system was built to receive in a year. A dopamine detox is not deprivation. It is the deliberate…
A practice for today
Notice one moment today when the lesson of Dopamine Detox. Restore your brain's baseline. Earn back joy.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 15.5
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः। द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैर्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्॥
“Free from pride and delusion, conquerors of the evil of attachment, ever steadfast in the self, with desires withdrawn, freed from the dualities of pleasure and pain — undeluded, they reach that imperishable abode.”
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