Simulations Make You Suffer: From Buddha's Brain

This chapter (Simulations Make You Suffer) was really insightful for me. That is because I’m likely to simulate my future too much (This is my most distinctive characteristic from childhood. In terms of the Enneagram, this is one of type seven’s characteristics.) So much so, I can’t sometimes feel happy in the present moment. Of course, I don’t want to choose the extreme idea to stop simulations completely, but I need to recognize the author’s beautiful words: “it’s only in the present moment that we find real happiness, love, or wisdom” (Hanson, 2009, p. 44).

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Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom