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Yu Suzuki "MU(nothing) =(the best state)"
World's most easy to understand book summary
How to be freed from the suffering of life
What is suffering?!
NOTHING=The best state
１）Why do people aggravate suffering？
２）What is self？
３）The world is fictional
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１）Why do humans aggravate suffering?
Humans are born with a negativity bias
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Being negative is not acquired
It's congeital
It is the human default.
We are more affected by negative information
and negative information sticks with us for longer
It's called the negativity bias.
Positive information doesn't last long
Positive emotions are fleeting
＝Psychologists call it the "pleasure treadmill"!
Those who won a massive lottery→That happiness doesn't last
Even the joys of falling in love last only 3 years
Why do humans
remember negative information better?
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Predators/Hunger/Infectious diseases/violence
By being timid and sensitive to negative information, we were able to protect ourselves from these dangers
Now that the world is much more safe
Fear/alarm system is malfunctioning
The truth only spreads to 1000 people
Disinformation and fear transmits to over 100,000 people
Developed countries
Wealthy
Young people
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Depression and perfectionism
How to get rid of stress
How to increase levels of happiness
Suffering is our default setting
Experiment with chimps
Could no longer move →Pain in the body/Hunger
What was different from humans?!
Mammals do not suffer
Humans are the only ones that continue to suffer
Animals don't develop mental illness
Suffering communicates "lack"
Anger＝Informs you that important boundaries have been crossed
Fear＝Informs you that danger is near
Anxiety＝ Informs you that something bad is nearing
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As we went for one person to a group, these emotions increased
Humans who aggravate suffering
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Whether the second arrow sticks？！
Receives the first cause of suffering＝first arrow
Humans experience the second arrow
Half body paralyzed→Chimpanzee it was tough!
Humans ask "Why did this happen to me?・・・
This is the second arrow!
Then the 3rd and 4th arrow comes!
Suffering brings more suffering!
Rumination！！！
The negativity continues around and around in circles
Don't release the 2nd arrow！！！
The first arrow The threat doesn't seem to last long.
A few minutes later, the frontal lobe stops it the emotions
A few more minutes later it goes back to normal
About desires
Move your focus away from what is right in front of you
Allow things to end with the first arrow.
Don't release the second arrow!
In order to survive,
we have had this initial setting
So when negativity comes,
escape to the game!
２）What is self?
Vividly remember past negative experiences
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We have survived with the ability to predict future threats
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We have evolved overwhelmingly!
The negativity that was useful for us in the primitive era
is now causing mental illness and is shortening our lives.
The self is
what brings you the sense of
(I am me)
no matter where you are
or on what time axis you are.
It reminds you that "I am a consistent being"
I am me
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This creates suffering
You felt negativity
If left attended it will go too far
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Why？！
That's not me！
What will happen to me？
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Thoughts focused on self＝Focusing on self
"I am a useless human being"
"What kind of a human am I?"
"Who am I really?"
These self-focused thoughts can easily break down your mental state
I did well
I did my best
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Things related to self are set to be negative
That's the initial setting =second arrow
The cause of suffering
The self gets involved
Let go of the past and the future and live in the present moment!
If you could erase your self?!
The self is
Not an absolute sensation that resides inside of you
Nor is it a superior existence that controls your emotion
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It is just a specific collection of functions
Army knife
Self= A package with various functions
EMOTIONS
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Ability to send you the messages you need to survive
I am me
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The self chooses from ・・・
１）Your life memory
２）Personality summary (I am a 〇〇 human)
３）Understanding emotions (I am feeling like this)
４）Factual knowledge (I am Japanese)
５）Continued experiences (is connected to the past)
６）Execution and ownership （I own my body, my actions and my thoughts!)
７）Inner scrutiny（Analyze and shift to new thoughts and actions)
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The ones that are thought to solve the problem are selected!
The self is
from a brain's point of view "a survival tool"!
It's thought that there is only one "I"
but that is not the case！！！
In fact, "I" does not exist!
You have had experiences with no self
When you are fully immersed and absorbed in something
When you are reading a novel
When you are having fun with your friends
You should be no sense of self
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Peace
No suffering
Here and now
You will still exist even though self disappears
Will things go better when the self isn't involved?!
３）The world is fictional
Achieving a state of no self
Our brains are organs for creating stories
１）The brain creates a story about how the surrounding situation develops
２）The brain compares the video and audio received by the sensory organs, and compares the information with the story created by the brain.
３ It creates "reality" only by modifying where the story in the brain was wrong.
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"Most of reality" that we perceive is a "simulation of the world" composed of stories created by the brain!
Rather than experiencing reality as it is
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The brain is a simulation created by the brain
We are experiencing the story created by the brain
Once we see it,
the story begins and
we think it is reality.
１）Humans can't stop the story from happening
２）Humans cannot recognize themselves as being acted upon by the stories
The work to lead us out this state of no self
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Solve these two
Don't create stories
Give yourself some distance from the stories
Neuroscience
Psychotherapy
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Stopping to observe
Stop →Place your consciousness onto something else→"Stopping thinking"
＝Being conscious of your breath
Observation →Analyzing the negative story, like a scientist
Observation training
Recognize that "this is not reality"
5 simple words
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What happening inside your brain？！
What images or thoughts came up?!
The second arrow
Happens with your self as the basis!
Analyzing the change in your outside world!
As you continue to observe
you start wanting to release the second arrow
All self, thoughts and emotions
appear out of nowhere, and if left unattended
will disappear eventually
Negative emotions and thoughts
are merely one of the ecological maintenance functions
It's just one part of the changing world
Keep observing your mental functions
Your experiences and beliefs are fiction
It is not true reality
Everything is fiction
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To the world of no self
To not be pushed around by the self
Becoming someone who is unaffected by
prejudice and beliefs
You who is cut off from
the future, past and present
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Then there are no longer boundaries between yourself and the world
and you will feel your spirit expand ＝This brings a strong sense of well-being
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This world is an illusion
-Taku
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Turning effort into a habitual personality
"Growth mindset"
Can we win to a genius？
Nope！
There is only one way to win・・・
Rigid mindset
＝humans can't change
Growth mindset
＝Humans can change with effort
Rigid mindset
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Change it to a growth mindset!
=A genuis of effort
Once the brain realizes it can "change!")
it grows!
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Experiment with London taxi drivers
We have the most brain cells the moment we are born
That's a lie.
If we use our brains our cells increase!
The potential of the human brain!
It's immense!
Humans can change！！！
Is it hard to change on your own？！
↓↓↓A study by Stanford University
Mindset change by watching a 50 minute video
Our brains can change in a surprisingly little amount of time!!
１４〜１５ years old
Over 10,000 people
"Video on mindset 25 minutes (20 days)
"The brain structure 25 minutes" (twice)
Video on mindset (that the brain can change)
Those who watched the video, their brains improved
Those who decided to change in their heart changed even more
It may seem like a small difference
but as it adds up
it can create a big difference in life!
If there is no growth,
and becomes rigid
life will stop
"I can discard what I am doing now at any time!"
〜〜〜〜 BY DAIGO
Market
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The difference between potatoes and white truffles
The big markets disliked it
Having a big market
Doing proper market research
Getting bored →Have to move on to the next
Troublesome →Do your best to achieve the same result by reducing the number of steps!
Make the most of your temperament and produce results!
Link to Takumi Yamazaki’s
ENGLISH Book “SHIFT”