When I am stressed out monkey mind will get stronger and stronger I will be out of control..
Effortless personal productivity (or how I learned to love my monkey mind)
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#23Whatever the author mentions is part of meditation. But observing the mind requires concentration too otherwise it will wander away with thoughts.
Anyway, if you feel connected with such kind of things then I'll heavily recommend to do meditation.
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#24> The goal is to have moments of clarity where you’re able to see “ah that’s what’s going on in my mind right now”. I think this is valuable advice, and it applies not only in this productivity context but in any day to day situation. I feel worked up, angry, disappointed with those around me in certain situations. Whereas 5 years ago, I might get worked up and complain about all of it to my manager, I’ve learned to…
That's a concept called Flow researched heavily by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi I highly recommend checking out his works to get through these fluffy blog posts into what the actual research says. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W94FE6/
Not sure it's quite the same thing. I think it's closer to a state of mindfulness than flow.
In a flow state you are, by definition, fully absorbed in an activity and are not necessarily very "self aware" in this kind of way.
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#25Understanding the Monkey Mind with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (Tibetan teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism)
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#26I disagree that programming isn't done well in robot mode. Lots of things like test coverage & braindead text editing doesn't require analytical thinking. Hell, analytical thinking is overrated. Just pick a direction and go!
Yep, "programming" covers such a broad range of tasks... from mindless drudgery to very high-level deep analytical work!
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#27I loved the article! Over the years and after burning out I’ve learned observe my state of mind, but mostly for the distracted mode, and when I finding in it I’ll just stop whatever focus work I’m doing because very few good things come out during that mental mode, and a ton of frustration is built. The part that I haven’t been able to accomplish is a good use of the low filter mode. For me in this mode I have little…
Is there a definition of "low filter" mode? I don't think I've heard of it before.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a concept called Flow researched heavily by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi I highly recommend checking out his works to get through these fluffy blog posts into what the actual research says. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W94FE6/
Not sure it's quite the same thing. I think it's closer to a state of mindfulness than flow. In a flow state you are, by definition, fully absorbed in an activity and are not necessarily very "self aware" in this kind of way.
if i'm not mistaken, that total absorbtion would be referred to as one-act samadhi in a buddhist conception.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure it's quite the same thing. I think it's closer to a state of mindfulness than flow. In a flow state you are, by definition, fully absorbed in an activity and are not necessarily very "self aware" in this kind of way.
if i'm not mistaken, that total absorbtion would be referred to as one-act samadhi in a buddhist conception.
the total absorption could be referred to as one of dhyānas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhy%C4%81na_in_Buddhism
Experiencing dhyāna is possible without achieving samadhi, but it is very unstable
Csikszentmihalyi flow state implies that one is involved in some activity, but in dhyānas you don't need to do anything.
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#30> The goal is to have moments of clarity where you’re able to see “ah that’s what’s going on in my mind right now”. I think this is valuable advice, and it applies not only in this productivity context but in any day to day situation. I feel worked up, angry, disappointed with those around me in certain situations. Whereas 5 years ago, I might get worked up and complain about all of it to my manager, I’ve learned to…
but because I need to control my emotion and how I respond.
You discovered one the benefits of meditation.