You own your brain...
i don't know how to break this to you, but you are your brain.
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Exactly. Who is this “you” that owns your brain. Your soul?
Shh! c/Linux will hear and try to install Linux on you.
But can I run Doom?
If you're one of the people without aphantasia, sure!
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
You mean straight to hell.
It’s a skill issue though.
I'd like to be able to attach a debugger, please?
It's also accurate in that I'm about to drop it off an 8 story building cause it won't fucking work right
OP unknowingly explaining simulation theory concepts.
You absolutely can. What really helps is to stop using any kind of digital devices about 2h before you intend to sleep, then workout for a bit, and chase that down with some meditation. Focused breathing exercises are enough, no need to go full guru.
Afterwards take a shower, go go bed, and read a book. You'll have to force yourself to make it through the current chapter, guaranteed.
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Meditation is one way of getting control of your brain.
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Yoga and Tai Chi is a way of control your brain by focusing on your body.
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Recite a mantra is another way.
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Daily routines is also an auto-pilot way of getting control of your brain. (This one is good if you have trouble getting asleep(
You can train those methods consciously and understand the mechanics of how the controls work. Once understood and footpaths set (meditation, daily routines), you can switch between these controls if needed. Or force a thought reset (mantra)
It’s not a secret and known since ages. It’s just that people are too lazy to train. And may be prefer the comfortable auto-pilot way of living.
Meditation is one way of getting control of your brain.
I suspect that most people who have a meditation practice would disagree with this assertion.
Meditation only helps me be more aware of what the brain is doing / making me do. I can't control it and I'd argue that neither can anyone else. Free will in the common sense is an illusion.
I‘m refering the title with „control“ However, bringing thoughts & feelings into the direction you like to, compared to be just overwhelmed, is a sort of control.
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