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“Happiness, love, and wisdom aren’t furthered by shutting down the SNS (sympathetic nervous system), but rather by keeping the autonomic nervous system as a whole in an optimal state of balance:
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***Mainly parasympathetic arousal for a baseline of ease and peacefulness.
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***Mild SNS activation for enthusiasm, vitality, and wholesome passions.
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***Occasional SNS spikes to deal with demanding situations, from a great opportunity at work to a late-night call from a teenager who needs a ride home from a party gone bad.
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This is your best-odds prescription for a long, productive, happy life. Of course, it takes practice.”*
In plain English, the SNS is the gas and parasympathetic is the brakes. Live with the parasympathetic nervous system activated, which means not judging, not engaging the ego in thought. In other words follow the breath to activate our brakes, stopping worry, doubt and fear. Use the SNS for activities or defense.
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