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Targets: 1 - improved executive function and emotional regulation
2 - touching nibbana again without drug-induced delusion
3 - creating an optimised approach to meditation for the neurodivergent mind
4 - translating the core teachings of the buddha into pseudo-scientific language that suits the times
I am currently in the pre-season
theriver will explain how this works
Systems being trained
Dopaminergic: upregulation of D2 receptors through regular meditation and Z2 exercise. Both follow a similar trajectory of weeks-to-months for adaptation but operate in different ways so the effects should stack. Increase tonic dopamine (rapture) and gain more conscious control over phasic dopamine (equanimity). The tiger: powerful yet obedient.
Neuronal: increase neuronal strength so I can ride the tiger. This means not only contracting in to a focal point but also expanding out to the entire sense-sphere. To experience nibbana and the subsequent upgrade you need to be able to go into an HTLP divine state without losing control. The cage: enduring yet flexible.
Ethical: essential to any lasting spiritual growth. If you do not have a solid ethical framework then you will end up worse than where you started. This is the reason for my neobuddhism page: I am not only learning the original words of the buddha but I am trying to reinterpret them for our modern world. The best way to learn is to teach, for it illuminates the gaps in your understanding. The landing instructions: translated for the modern world.
Many people have experienced this before me, but within a religious framework. I will try to draw on their insights and create a secular framework of my own, built on fundamental neurological principles and training regimes. I will ignore the drug-induced side and focus solely on the behavioural side. This will be a record of my own practice and I will gradually try to generalise it.
The key point with any training plan is to know the purpose of each individual workout and to periodise it into macro-cycles with base training, build phase, peak-and-race phase, and recovery. The buddha said his enlightenment came in multiple cycles of insight and consolidation. I am starting in the recovery phase, after my first upgrade.