A piece of wisdom from
June 22, 2021 · Tuesday
The quote
“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”
— 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
Walk one slow block today and observe the lesson of Dopamine Detox. Restore your brain's baseline. Earn back joy.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 2.14
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥
“Contacts of the senses with their objects — bringing cold and heat, pleasure and pain — come and go. They are impermanent. Endure them, O Bharata.”
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