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Reflexive Action - How to Direct Your Attention in Deliberate Ways

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When you are rested, and will define rest very clearly, you are able to direct your attention in very deliberate ways. The nervous system can be reflexive in its action, or it can be deliberate. Deliberate action is topped down, they require some effort and some focus. But that's the point. You can decide to focus your tension and energy on anything you want. We have sensations, perceptions, and then we've got things that we call feelings, slash emotions. And these get a little complicated because almost all of us,. i would hope all of us, are familiar with things like happiness and sadness, or boredom or frustration. Scientists argue like crazy about what these are and

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