A piece of wisdom from
November 24, 2019 · Sunday
The quote
“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”
— Kakuzo Okakura · Wabi-Sabi
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
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Dopamine Detox. Restore your brain's baseline. Earn back joy.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 12.13
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च। निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी॥
“He who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate, free from the sense of "I" and "mine", equal in pain and pleasure, patient — such a person is dear to me.”
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