%% ID: 13204976 Updated: 2022-01-28 %% ![](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article2.74d541386bbf.png) # About Title: [[Other/Obsidian Starter Vault(Second Brain)/Readwise/Articles/Better Than Meditation]] Author: [[Buster Benson]] Category: #articles Number of Highlights: ==14== Last Highlighted: *2021-11-13* Readwise URL: https://readwise.io/bookreview/13204976 Source URL: https://betterhumans.pub/better-than-meditation-12532d29f6cd # Highlights It’s pretty much the simplest, cheapest way to improve your life that has ever been invented. ^278320497 --- There’s something slippery about meditation. I can never quite get a good grip on it. ^278320498 --- How in some ways our minds are not singular. ^278320499 --- essentially have 2 minds that are both “you” living side by side in the same head ^278320500 --- our brains are running a constant simulation of the universe, which includes models for our self, other people, other forces, in order to tell a story about the past and predict the futur ^278320501 --- the ability to hear, and observe, the inner debate that’s always going on in my head, and to recognize the difference between “me” and all the noise. ^278320502 --- free writing ^278320503 --- Give yourself a word limit ^278320504 --- Keep writing until the time is up. Do not pause to stare into space or to read what you’ve written. Write quickly but not in a hurry. ^278320505 --- Pay no attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, neatness, or style. Nobody else should ever read what you produce here. The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does ^278320506 --- If you get off the topic or run out of ideas, keep writing anyway. If necessary, write nonsense or whatever comes into your head: anything to keep the words flowing. ^278320507 --- includes solid grips on slippery thoughts. ^278320508 --- As you write, you also read what you’re writing. Sometimes I suspect that certain parts of my brain are seeing the words for the first time. ^278320509 --- Disabling that restless squirrel in your brain is the reason why activities like walking, showering, doing the dishes, gardening, etc are all such great activities for stirring up creative thoughts. ^278320510