Meditation & the Brain
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Summary
The pleasant, unpleasant and neutral feelings noticed in practice are not only a private account. Something measurable happens in body and brain.
The speaker describes from his own practice that with continuity things start to appear in slow motion.
What slows is not the world but the automatic reaction, leaving space to see what is happening and let it pass.
Key points
The slow motion is a change in the observer
Describing it correctly matters, because thinking the world slowed sends you looking for something that is not there.
The gap that opens is the usable part
The space between contact and response is where choice returns to you.
The effect is measurable in the body too
The change in emotional response shows up in physiological markers.
It requires continuity
The speaker is clear that this comes from sustained practice, not from a single sitting.