Ashley’s Reviews > Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom > Status Update

FEELING SAFER: "no longer likely" imagined companionship is still connection. triad of victim/prosecutor/protector. the nurturer does not flatter or *make things up*. "dark nights of the soul." "do all that you can, with all that you have, in the time that you have, in the place where you are." -nkosi johnson. "lean into the future"-reach. the longer the view, the wiser the intentions.

how to do it—practical applications. "i am larger, better than i thought, i did not know i held so much goodness." -walt whitman. turning positive FACTS into positive EXPERIENCES. "let the experience fill your body and be as intense as possible." CHANGE YOUR BRAIN. "being kind to yourself, cultivating wholesome experiences, and taking them in." getting to the "tip" of the "root" of what's bothering you—active effort.

excellent wisdom in passages re: neuroscience and suffering. "only we humans worry about the future, regret the past, and blame ourselves for the future." "we suffer *that* we suffer." many simple statements reaffirming spirit≠body. "you have to be on your own side." i wonder about a statement on p.43: "hatred is an aversion to sticks." is it?

sw, md, psychiatrist, loaned me her copy. it's always strange/interesting reading through someone else's yellow highlighter. i spilled water on the corner of the book so i'll need to re-highlight her passages in a new copy. which, i guess, means i can start pink-highlighting this sucker up.