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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by mirekrusin on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:44PM (#37228931)
I did something similar but always tried to imagine things - shapes like cube, rotate it, move it around, slice it etc. - not easy.

I always found it odd you'd want to deprive yourself from excercising mind this way by medidating = practicing not thinking.

I believe it helped me a lot when programming and thinking about problems in general.

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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by codr7 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:57PM (#37229079)
If that's what 10% of your brain is capable of, imagine what kinds of miracles are possible once you tap into the rest of it.
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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by mirekrusin on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @02:49AM (#37232612)
If you use 1% of your brain imagine what would happen if you’d use all of it.
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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by CyberDildonics on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @08:56AM (#37235119)
What you're saying is a myth that gets repeated like an old wives tale by people who never check it out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_percent_of_the_brain_myth

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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by codr7 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:09PM (#37329805)
Oh, but I did check it out, spent 9 months doing nothing but yoga and meditation out in the forest; and there's definitely more in there just waiting to be activated.
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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by CyberDildonics on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:15AM (#37337477)
Don't forget to gather up the world's leading neuroscientists and let them know that they're wrong because you 'checked it out' by doing nothing but yoga and meditation for nine months.
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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by ReactiveJelly on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @11:32PM (#37231540)
> odd you'd want to deprive yourself from excercising mind

Rest is part of exercise

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Re:How scientists are bringing advanced meditation out of th... by mirekrusin on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @02:47AM (#37232604)
Sleep is good for rest.
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