Calm Clarity

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Meditate on your brain: what have you done to strengthen your neural networks for compassion, empathy, healing, integration, forgiveness, mercy, and reconciliation?

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Observe the energies and patterns you co-create in a state of hypervigilance (Brain 1.0) and reward-chasing (Brain 2.0). What would you rather co-create in Brain 3.0?

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When you pressure yourself to be good at a new skill right away, what effect does that have on your ability to learn?

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Slowly take 3 deep breaths and open your awareness to how each breath is a miraculous, life-giving present.

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Observe how peacefulness as a feeling naturally arises when we cultivate compassion, live in alignment with our higher values, and heal rejection and trauma.

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How often do you fill your fuel tank? Are you experiencing enough joy to keep your tank from going empty?

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Mindfully observe how your “negative” feelings function like maintenance indicators in a car. What are the risks of ignoring, suppressing, or numbing these alerts?

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Observe the feelings and urges that arise when you are in reward-chasing mode (Brain 2.0). How does living in this state move you away from alignment and wholeness?

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What effect does the opening and closing of your heart have on your mind? When your heart is closed and contracted, is it even possible for your mind to open?

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How does opening yourself to feel and process the emotions and energy of the present moment enhance the beauty and quality of your experiences?

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Reflect on your perceptions of darkness. Is it something you reject and fear or is it a vast expanse through which you travel and discover enchantment?

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Once your brain assigns labels to people and things, how much of your attention is focused on observing and learning new aspects about them that contradict the labels?

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When productivity goals drive you to work until you burn out and lose your ability to produce high-quality work, could they actually diminish your productivity?

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How does self-sufficient individualism keep us from developing the collaboration and social support skills required to effectively address the problems we face?

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Build tolerance for rejection by politely making requests that could be denied. Compassionately observe and process the feelings, sensations, and stories that arise. Celebrate when taking the risk pays off.

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How often do fear, limiting beliefs, and the urge to conform prompt you to forgo experiences of growth, learning, purpose, creativity, connection, joy, and elevation?

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Renew your spirit by letting out your silly side, savoring a good hearty laugh, and appreciating the humor in life with a funny story or joke.

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Honor the resilience of your ancestors in surviving the collective traumas of their lifetimes and set an intention to heal the unresolved wounds we inherited from them.

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Observe how Brain 1.0 predicts calamities, Brain 2.0 focuses on getting what you want, and Brain 3.0 guides you to become a better person who makes the world better.

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Call to mind people who inspire you. What qualities do they reveal to you about the person you aspire to become?

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Remember a joyful event and notice the effect on your emotions, thoughts, and inner narrator. Then observe how feelings, thoughts, and stories influence your memories.

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Compare how much you can learn and remember when you are in autopilot mode versus when you mindfully pay attention.

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Send gratitude to everyone who nurtures your body, mind, heart, and soul. Savor the warmth, joy, and connectedness that arises when you nurture another.

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Observe how your brain builds new neural pathways faster when you can learn from someone whose brain is already firing those pathways.

Happy Star Wars Day! We'd like to invite you to celebrate and honor the "force" by experiencing the Neuroscience of Meditation on May 25 at 7pm ET.

Coincidentally, Star Wars Day also marks the start of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. All these things converging in the month of May inspired us to offer "The Neuroscience of Meditation" later this month because of its relevance to each.

https://www.calmclarity.org/events-1/the-neuroscience-of-mindfulness-may-25-2023

Calm Clarity is committed to minimizing financial barriers to this knowledge. We welcome you to take advantage of our various scholarship programs to join this workshop at a price you can afford. Feel free to reach out if you need additional support.

As with all our virtual events, the ticket proceeds support our non-profit programming, in particular, our Community Healing and Peace Project.

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Even when you are unhappy with what is happening, is it still possible to access a sense of intrinsic joy and well-being by activating Brain 3.0?

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How often does: 1. being compassionate create a sense of connectedness? 2. feeling connected activate joy? 3. experiencing joy enhance connectedness and compassion?

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How much energy is freed up to recover from set-backs when a person doesn’t use energy to numb their feelings, suppress their needs, or blame and shame?

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Visualize your mind as a garden and your Inner Sage as a sun radiating wisdom as light and love as warmth. Is your garden receiving enough light and warmth?

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Does your mind expand or contract when you hear someone’s Inner Critic? Does your mind expand or contract when you hear someone’s Inner Sage?