Have a Good Time | Jamie #3 | 10.23.22

Jamie and Dhammarato talk about how instincts and “heaps” of this and that (sankhāra) influence our perception of the world. #percept #perception #sankhara

Anatomical Position and Directional Terms

https://www.visiblebody.com/blog/anatomy-and-physiology-anatomical-position-and-directional-terms

Is the cerebellum involved in memory?

https://consensus.app/results/?q=Is%20the%20cerebellum%20involved%20in%20memory%3F

Which brain structures are involved in human instincts?

https://consensus.app/results/?q=Which%20brain%20structures%20are%20involved%20in%20human%20instincts%3F

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00:00:00 Instincts and the brain; sankhāra as heaps; memory

00:11:59 Reframing the past; adding dukkha; being put into the “victim” box

00:20:42 Self-punishment and mercy

00:24:08 Feeling good after a few minutes of ānāpānasati; seeing what is happening and controlling it

00:32:47 Practicing in seclusion; becoming friends with ourselves; feeling safe, secure, comfortable

00:41:05 Meditation retreat experience; Zen; archery; ānāpānasati 

00:48:04 Chess and non-competitive games; look at what you’re doing and make a change

00:56:29 Thoughts, dreams, and the way the body feels; greed and fear; right effort

01:01:24 Dreaming your way into your own destiny; wake up