Taking the Perspective Shifting Technique

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If you don't bound the change in the world, it just becomes pure chaos and even children don't do that. So we need to create some alternate universe,. if you will, in which the story takes place or the creation of any kind doesn't have to be a story taking place. Then there has to be a perspective shift and this is very useful. This is actually a tool that we can all use of trying to take the perspective of others... Ask what is their motivation in life generally? Or what kind of mood stance or goal stance are they taking? Are they trying to extract from others? Are they try to give to others?Are they very altruistic, etc, etc

In this episode, I explain how the brain engages in creative thinking and, based on that mechanistic understanding, the tools to improve one’s ability to think creatively and innovate in any area. I discuss how convergent and divergent thinking are essential for generating creative ideas and provide three types of meditation tools (open monitoring meditation, focused attention meditation & non-sleep deep rest; NSDR), which improve our ability to engage in these creative thinking patterns in specific and powerful ways. I also discuss how dopamine and mood contribute to the creative process and describe behavioral, nutritional and supplementation-based approaches for increasing dopamine to engage in creative thought and implementation. I explain how movement and storytelling (narrative) approaches can generate novel creative ideas and how substances like alcohol, cannabis, and psilocybin impact our creative ability. Excitingly, creativity is a skill that can be cultivated and enhanced; this episode outlines many tools to help anyone access creativity and apply creative patterns of thought to different domains of life.

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