I just wanted to write down a relation to some interesting resources, which is some of QRI’s research ideas. They had an idea that there is one scale of intensity and one scale of valence when it comes to experience. When you take specifically psychedelics or meditate, it is like you’re increasing the intensity of your mental states or in other words, the power of your brain. Where you end up on the valence scale is dependent on the initial conditions (for example, whether you’re stressed out or not). I think this can be a helpful model as to why meditation can come to backfire from time to time; by increasing the power of the mind, you risk states that you couldn’t access before.
Now, this is quite explorative science in itself, but it matches pretty well with existing models.
Anyways, I got a big smile on my face and metta in my system when you mentioned feeling metta for your toddler, so thank you for sharing and have a wonderful day!
I just wanted to write down a relation to some interesting resources, which is some of QRI’s research ideas. They had an idea that there is one scale of intensity and one scale of valence when it comes to experience. When you take specifically psychedelics or meditate, it is like you’re increasing the intensity of your mental states or in other words, the power of your brain. Where you end up on the valence scale is dependent on the initial conditions (for example, whether you’re stressed out or not). I think this can be a helpful model as to why meditation can come to backfire from time to time; by increasing the power of the mind, you risk states that you couldn’t access before.
Now, this is quite explorative science in itself, but it matches pretty well with existing models.
Anyways, I got a big smile on my face and metta in my system when you mentioned feeling metta for your toddler, so thank you for sharing and have a wonderful day!