Soon I’ll be interviewing my good friend @drrhanson, author of Buddha’s Brain and Hardwiring Happiness. He’s a great guy with a deep practice: if you have thoughtful questions for the interview, please reply with them here.
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No, it was a real question. Don't put fucking words in my mouth, man.
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Just checking. After you deleted your other tweet in this thread I wasn’t sure. Anyway, that exact question has been the basis of a long term discussion the two of us have been having. (i.e. is it about changing feelings or accepting feelings). He has useful things to say @ it.
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So, can he tell me how to feel good about the sudden, violent death of my best friend, or not?
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I will definitely ask him something along those lines. And my sincere condolences on the loss of your friend. That sucks.
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Thank you. And it doesn't suck, it just is. My feelings about it also just "are." If I could change what happened, I would, but why try to change my feelings?
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If things ‘just is’ why not improve the experience of yr nervous system by soothing its primal grief patterns? Less suffering in the face of life’s heartbreak doesnt seem contradictory to nonduality
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Why not experience the full depth & extent of the grief, as Buddha did?
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I also agree with your assessment of Buddha’s experience. i tht i detected aggression towards the thought of working with the limbic system. Personally i can dissolve in panic or peace. Relative peace is nice tho. Esp for those around me.
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