For your mind to learn qualities like calm and compassion is just like learning anything else

Summary

• For your mind to learn qualities like calm and compassion is just like learning anything else

Details

• The mind learns through repeatedly using a 'path' and thus strengthening the signal. This applies whether you are learning facts for a test, or qualities like calmness or compassion

Reflections

• Bible is correct when we are encouraged to work on qualities such as love and joy

References

• Resilient - How to grow an unshakable core of calm, strength and happiness - Rick Hanson

Quotes

Changing your mind for the better means changing your brain for the better. The brain is continually remodeling itself as you learn from your experiences. When you repeatedly stimulate a “circuit” in your brain, you strengthen it. You learn to be calmer or more compassionate the same way you learn anything else: through repeated practice

Related

• Always be calm in arguments or disagreements
• Not special brilliance but good qualities lead to success - Theodore Roosevelt
• We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire - Charlie Munger