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The Brain as a Non-Linear Optical Computer: Reflections on a 2-Week Jhānas Meditation Retreat

Building a Science of Consciousness

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The Effects of Attention on Emotional Tone

Your attention has not only kind of like a size, which could be thought of as like a bucket size, but also a wave modulation. So if you're in a bad mood or you're first something with anger, let's say, or like aversion, the way you're going to be energizing that internal representation will essentially depend on your emotional tone. If you approach something with complete acceptance and love, that the mode of attention itself will have a very soft attack.

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