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Understanding feeling tone, the original mind, and creating a future we can love.
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Wise Brain Bulletin

Wise Brain Bulletin • Volume 17.4

Hello friend,

Effective perspective-taking requires that we shed light on our subconscious. In doing so, we cultivate empathy and broaden our understanding of different viewpoints, while inspiring affirmative action, and a more holistic view of our world. In this issue, our contributors offer diverse strategies for using our feelings, motivations, and creativity as a compass in navigating life's complexities.

Michelle Keane
Editor

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by Mark Williams, DPhil and Danny Penman, PhD

Feeling tone, or vedana, a frequently underemphasized component of meditation, plays a profound role in shaping our worldview. Most emotional challenges originate from our mind's response to these feeling tones. By developing an understanding of our feeling tones, we gain the ability to recognize our inherent sensitivities and biases, which in turn gives us the space to respond rather than react. And neuroscience agrees.
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by Jeanie Greensfelder

A mindful walk becomes an exploration of acceptance, gratitude, and patience. This contemplative poem encapsulates a personal journey of tranquility and introspection inspired by nature and the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.
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by Susan Bauer-Wu

Charismatic leaders and technological innovations can help in addressing the climate crisis, but they alone are not enough. And individual actions, such as recycling and supporting pro-environmental initiatives, feel like a drop in the ocean in the face of our climate emergency. Despite this, the inadequacy of single-handed efforts should not prompt resignation. Instead, these small actions have the potential to initiate meaningful conversations, paving the way for collective, coordinated action.
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by Jaime A. Pineda, PhD

As a child, your mind was an active, adaptable, energetic, curious, creative mind; one unencumbered by problems, with an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions. While you may no longer identify with such a mind, you have not lost this treasure completely, and it is entirely possible to recover it.
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from the Skillful Means "wiki"
Autogenic training is a relaxation technique anchored in distinct visualizations or verbal prompts. A powerful tool in a comprehensive self-care regimen, it serves not only as a reactionary stress-buster, but also as a preventative measure to ward off the detrimental effects of chronic stress.
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