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9 Feb 2021
1hr 18mins
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#103 Loch Kelly: Effortless Mindfulness
9 Feb 2021
1hr 18mins
Quote
"We try to change our thoughts and beliefs instead of trying to change the level at which we're accessing the mind."
Ideas
1
Locke talks about his initial experience with effortless mindfulness.
Quoted directly from Locke:
"So. Probably, as I look back, one of my first experiences was living outside of New York City and playing a lot of different sports. I was playing ice hockey goalie and I was watching a football game on TV.
[00:05:13]
And the announcer said about the quarterback, he's got eyes in the back of his head. And I thought, oh, I know what that is like, I it doesn't mean you can actually see back there, but you have this kind of peripheral awareness that isn't just visual. It isn't just sensing or informational. Let me see if I can do that. And I literally ed playing with my own consciousness and awareness, and I ended up finding a way to open my awareness around to the sides and my peripheral vision followed.
[00:05:50]
And then I kind of let this awareness move to the sides where sounds coming, going. And then somehow it's kind of like, I'm not sure what I'm doing. But the awareness continued around in this kind of 360 degree panoramic feeling that then just dropped me into my body. So I felt kind of spacious and embodied kind of in this timeless here, almost like a cat. So I said, OK, let me do this when I play sports.
[00:06:21]
And so the next time I went and played goalie, I said, OK, here we go. And I intentionally did this way of getting into the flow or zone. And then I was, you know, felt more capable and more like everything was enjoyable. I was interconnected with everything. Somebody would take a slap shot from the blue line and then all of a sudden I'd see it for the first five yards and then it would get lost in legs and sticks.
[00:06:54]
And then my hand would go out in the park would be in there and I'd be like, Oh, cool."
"So. Probably, as I look back, one of my first experiences was living outside of New York City and playing a lot of different sports. I was playing ice hockey goalie and I was watching a football game on TV.
[00:05:13]
And the announcer said about the quarterback, he's got eyes in the back of his head. And I thought, oh, I know what that is like, I it doesn't mean you can actually see back there, but you have this kind of peripheral awareness that isn't just visual. It isn't just sensing or informational. Let me see if I can do that. And I literally ed playing with my own consciousness and awareness, and I ended up finding a way to open my awareness around to the sides and my peripheral vision followed.
[00:05:50]
And then I kind of let this awareness move to the sides where sounds coming, going. And then somehow it's kind of like, I'm not sure what I'm doing. But the awareness continued around in this kind of 360 degree panoramic feeling that then just dropped me into my body. So I felt kind of spacious and embodied kind of in this timeless here, almost like a cat. So I said, OK, let me do this when I play sports.
[00:06:21]
And so the next time I went and played goalie, I said, OK, here we go. And I intentionally did this way of getting into the flow or zone. And then I was, you know, felt more capable and more like everything was enjoyable. I was interconnected with everything. Somebody would take a slap shot from the blue line and then all of a sudden I'd see it for the first five yards and then it would get lost in legs and sticks.
[00:06:54]
And then my hand would go out in the park would be in there and I'd be like, Oh, cool."
1
Locke talks about his initial experience with effortless mindfulness.
Quoted directly from Locke:
"So. Probably, as I look back, one of my first experiences was living outside of New York City and playing a lot of different sports. I was playing ice hockey goalie and I was watching a football game on TV.
[00:05:13]
And the announcer said about the quarterback, he's got eyes in the back of his head. And I thought, oh, I know what that is like, I it doesn't mean you can actually see back there, but you have this kind of peripheral awareness that isn't just visual. It isn't just sensing or informational. Let me see if I can do that. And I literally ed playing with my own consciousness and awareness, and I ended up finding a way to open my awareness around to the sides and my peripheral vision followed.
[00:05:50]
And then I kind of let this awareness move to the sides where sounds coming, going. And then somehow it's kind of like, I'm not sure what I'm doing. But the awareness continued around in this kind of 360 degree panoramic feeling that then just dropped me into my body. So I felt kind of spacious and embodied kind of in this timeless here, almost like a cat. So I said, OK, let me do this when I play sports.
[00:06:21]
And so the next time I went and played goalie, I said, OK, here we go. And I intentionally did this way of getting into the flow or zone. And then I was, you know, felt more capable and more like everything was enjoyable. I was interconnected with everything. Somebody would take a slap shot from the blue line and then all of a sudden I'd see it for the first five yards and then it would get lost in legs and sticks.
[00:06:54]
And then my hand would go out in the park would be in there and I'd be like, Oh, cool."
"So. Probably, as I look back, one of my first experiences was living outside of New York City and playing a lot of different sports. I was playing ice hockey goalie and I was watching a football game on TV.
[00:05:13]
And the announcer said about the quarterback, he's got eyes in the back of his head. And I thought, oh, I know what that is like, I it doesn't mean you can actually see back there, but you have this kind of peripheral awareness that isn't just visual. It isn't just sensing or informational. Let me see if I can do that. And I literally ed playing with my own consciousness and awareness, and I ended up finding a way to open my awareness around to the sides and my peripheral vision followed.
[00:05:50]
And then I kind of let this awareness move to the sides where sounds coming, going. And then somehow it's kind of like, I'm not sure what I'm doing. But the awareness continued around in this kind of 360 degree panoramic feeling that then just dropped me into my body. So I felt kind of spacious and embodied kind of in this timeless here, almost like a cat. So I said, OK, let me do this when I play sports.
[00:06:21]
And so the next time I went and played goalie, I said, OK, here we go. And I intentionally did this way of getting into the flow or zone. And then I was, you know, felt more capable and more like everything was enjoyable. I was interconnected with everything. Somebody would take a slap shot from the blue line and then all of a sudden I'd see it for the first five yards and then it would get lost in legs and sticks.
[00:06:54]
And then my hand would go out in the park would be in there and I'd be like, Oh, cool."
2
Quote directly from Locke:
I distinguish two kinds of flow state, ones is an absorbed flow state where you're so interested in activity and you're focused one point at attention and you're kind of go into it and then time you look up and an hour's gone by. So you kind of enter that world and everything else is gone and they call that a flow state.
But that's not as interesting to me as what I call a panoramic flow state, which is when similar to that initial exercise of opening your awareness around and feeling embodied, you're in the world connected to everybody and everything you're aware of being able to do kind of optimal functioning of complex tasks without thinking about thinking.
[00:15:58]
And then you feel in the now you feel selfless, a kind of sense of joy or well-being or ecstasy. Your implicit memory is you're thinking so you know how to do whatever you're doing and you're just operating from an awake awareness consciousness that's organizing your thoughts in a way that's effortlessly mindful.
But that's not as interesting to me as what I call a panoramic flow state, which is when similar to that initial exercise of opening your awareness around and feeling embodied, you're in the world connected to everybody and everything you're aware of being able to do kind of optimal functioning of complex tasks without thinking about thinking.
[00:15:58]
And then you feel in the now you feel selfless, a kind of sense of joy or well-being or ecstasy. Your implicit memory is you're thinking so you know how to do whatever you're doing and you're just operating from an awake awareness consciousness that's organizing your thoughts in a way that's effortlessly mindful.
2
Quote directly from Locke:
I distinguish two kinds of flow state, ones is an absorbed flow state where you're so interested in activity and you're focused one point at attention and you're kind of go into it and then time you look up and an hour's gone by. So you kind of enter that world and everything else is gone and they call that a flow state.
But that's not as interesting to me as what I call a panoramic flow state, which is when similar to that initial exercise of opening your awareness around and feeling embodied, you're in the world connected to everybody and everything you're aware of being able to do kind of optimal functioning of complex tasks without thinking about thinking.
[00:15:58]
And then you feel in the now you feel selfless, a kind of sense of joy or well-being or ecstasy. Your implicit memory is you're thinking so you know how to do whatever you're doing and you're just operating from an awake awareness consciousness that's organizing your thoughts in a way that's effortlessly mindful.
But that's not as interesting to me as what I call a panoramic flow state, which is when similar to that initial exercise of opening your awareness around and feeling embodied, you're in the world connected to everybody and everything you're aware of being able to do kind of optimal functioning of complex tasks without thinking about thinking.
[00:15:58]
And then you feel in the now you feel selfless, a kind of sense of joy or well-being or ecstasy. Your implicit memory is you're thinking so you know how to do whatever you're doing and you're just operating from an awake awareness consciousness that's organizing your thoughts in a way that's effortlessly mindful.
3
Different types of happiness:
[01:07:37]
There's small H happiness, which is the attempt to find some kind of pleasure or satisfaction, such as having a good meal, where the endorphins hit and then filling up of a biological stomach that was craving something and then feeling good after eating.
Then when that fades, then what's revealed is what's the baseline.
[01:09:20]
So happiness with a capital H is the baseline, which is this kind of okay-ness and well-being with nature, which kind of feels like it's OK, I'm here and someday I'm going to die. I'm aware of the part that's afraid of death. And I'm afraid and part that feels like I'm not good enough and I should do something to be OK.
The key is, happiness with a capital H is hidden in the background, but already installed in our brians. And if we can learn how to make the capital H come from the background to the foreground, we get to experience relief, joy & happiness.
Because we realise that despite life being filled with ups and downs, they are all so small compared to the baseline.
There's small H happiness, which is the attempt to find some kind of pleasure or satisfaction, such as having a good meal, where the endorphins hit and then filling up of a biological stomach that was craving something and then feeling good after eating.
Then when that fades, then what's revealed is what's the baseline.
[01:09:20]
So happiness with a capital H is the baseline, which is this kind of okay-ness and well-being with nature, which kind of feels like it's OK, I'm here and someday I'm going to die. I'm aware of the part that's afraid of death. And I'm afraid and part that feels like I'm not good enough and I should do something to be OK.
The key is, happiness with a capital H is hidden in the background, but already installed in our brians. And if we can learn how to make the capital H come from the background to the foreground, we get to experience relief, joy & happiness.
Because we realise that despite life being filled with ups and downs, they are all so small compared to the baseline.
3
Different types of happiness:
[01:07:37]
There's small H happiness, which is the attempt to find some kind of pleasure or satisfaction, such as having a good meal, where the endorphins hit and then filling up of a biological stomach that was craving something and then feeling good after eating.
Then when that fades, then what's revealed is what's the baseline.
[01:09:20]
So happiness with a capital H is the baseline, which is this kind of okay-ness and well-being with nature, which kind of feels like it's OK, I'm here and someday I'm going to die. I'm aware of the part that's afraid of death. And I'm afraid and part that feels like I'm not good enough and I should do something to be OK.
The key is, happiness with a capital H is hidden in the background, but already installed in our brians. And if we can learn how to make the capital H come from the background to the foreground, we get to experience relief, joy & happiness.
Because we realise that despite life being filled with ups and downs, they are all so small compared to the baseline.
There's small H happiness, which is the attempt to find some kind of pleasure or satisfaction, such as having a good meal, where the endorphins hit and then filling up of a biological stomach that was craving something and then feeling good after eating.
Then when that fades, then what's revealed is what's the baseline.
[01:09:20]
So happiness with a capital H is the baseline, which is this kind of okay-ness and well-being with nature, which kind of feels like it's OK, I'm here and someday I'm going to die. I'm aware of the part that's afraid of death. And I'm afraid and part that feels like I'm not good enough and I should do something to be OK.
The key is, happiness with a capital H is hidden in the background, but already installed in our brians. And if we can learn how to make the capital H come from the background to the foreground, we get to experience relief, joy & happiness.
Because we realise that despite life being filled with ups and downs, they are all so small compared to the baseline.
Questions
1
Can you think of something that you may have overreacted to in hindsight?
1
Can you think of something that you may have overreacted to in hindsight?
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