the regulation and deconditioning protocol i used to hit nibbāna the second time
The first step is to calm the waters. This is an excellent regulation protocol for neurodivergent folks, and a great on-ramp for meditation-proper.
The aim is to stabilise your dopaminergic environment. By raising tonic dopamine you can reduce the impact of phasic spikes, which will make your life less painful and jagged, jarring and noisy.
In order to do this you choose a rhythmic motion which has enough stimulation to hold your attention in your current state. Over time the waves will stabilise and you can step down to a gentler meditation, so on and so forth. The effects are cumulative over minutes, hours, days, months and years.
When feeling surges do not get carried away, and when feeling dips do not collapse.
adayindopamine = how a dopaminergic warm-up will change your life
dvarfundamentals = how dopamine variability works
meditationfunction = how this regulation calms the waves
whatisdvar = how dvar is a global value that increases suffering
Phasic waves in tonic pools.
this is the 'purifing the mind' which buddhist traditions talk about; it is how you open the doorway to really deep work on your psyche
Regulation protocol
dvar0.9-1.0 emergency protocol
dvar0.5-0.9 high stimulation meditations
dvar0.25-0.75 moderate stimulation meditations
dvar0.0-0.5 low stimulation meditations
Avoid high-stimulation activities in the morning or evening. Tonic dopamine is low at these times, and strong spikes will overshoot, leading to a later crash or disrupted sleep. Warm the system up gradually and cool it down properly. This is why screens before bed are problematic.
dvaroveraday // dvaroveralifetime // dvarnibbana // dvardiagnostics // substances
Have pride when you regulate. This is metacognition and intentional intervention; it's not something many people can do.
ensure any new code is not going to cause pain when circumstances inevitably change --> neobuddhism
n2traininglog << the training i did to reach my second encounter with nibbana