"We have within us this freaked out infant animal, deep down within. As we meditate the super adult part of us shines is attention on this freaked out animal part that remains and integrates, or we can say even eats up, this more primitive part, strata by strata, and derived nutrition from it. "
Shinzen Young
Working Through the Primal Feel Strata
Shinzen Young
Working Through the Primal Feel Strata
"The surface of the subconscious can be reached through mental talk, a little deeper level cannot be reached by mental talk but it can be reached by mental images. The deepest level of the subconscious cannot even be reached by mental images but it can be reached by body sensations.
At the level of body sensations when the reptilian brain notices that when there is an interference with the flow of body sensations, it's own product of course, than there is suffering, and when it stops interfering then there is the absence of suffering or fulfillment."
"Le lizard brain is trained (in a skinnerian model) in not interfering with his own activity "
Shinzen Young
The best classic book for understanding and using the reinforcement of behaviorism is an old book called "Don't Shoot the Dog" by Karen Pryor. It's an easy book to learn from because it gives many examples of different sorts of reinforcement in very different human situations with comparative graphs.
ReplyDeleteAnother avenue for retraining the lizard brain is to study Alexander Technique, which compliments mindfulness skills. It's medium is training the effortlessness of bodily movement in postural carriage, but it ends up having a similar result to meditation by training the expansion of attention.