“[I]f you can be with the pleasant without chasing after it, with the unpleasant without resisting it, and with the neutral without… — Rick Hanson Freedom Copy Share Image
“inescapable physical or mental discomfort is the “first dart” of existence.” — Rick Hanson Life Copy Share Image
“The autobiographical self (D’Amasio 2000) incorporates the reflective self and some of the emotional self, and it provides the sense of “I”… — Rick Hanson Identity Copy Share Image
“I once heard a Native American teaching story in which an elder, a grandmother, was asked what she had done to become… — Rick Hanson Education Copy Share Image
“Therefore, you can use your mind to change your brain to benefit your mind—and everyone else” — Rick Hanson Psychology Copy Share Image
“Whatever positive facts you find, bring a mindful awareness to them—open up to them and let them affect you. It’s like sitting… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Your brain is like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones.” — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“that suffering is the result of craving expressed through the Three Poisons: greed, hatred, and delusion.” — Rick Hanson Desire Copy Share Image
“Strength is often quiet, receptive determination rather than chest-thumping pushiness.” — Rick Hanson Neuroscience Copy Share Image
“A person is a human body-mind as a whole, an autonomous and dynamic system that arises in dependence upon human culture and… — Rick Hanson Natural world Copy Share Image
“First darts are unpleasant to be sure. But then we add our reactions to them. These reactions are “second darts”—the ones we… — Rick Hanson Suffering Copy Share Image
“Letting go of ill will does not mean passivity, silence, or allowing yourself or others to be harmed. [...] There is plenty… — Rick Hanson Neuroscience Copy Share Image
“Stress reduces serotonin, probably the most important neurotransmitter for maintaining a good mood.” — Rick Hanson Stress Copy Share Image
“Experiences are thus incapable of being completely satisfying. They are an unreliable basis for true happiness. To” — Rick Hanson Happiness Copy Share Image
“Nurturing your own development isn’t selfish. It’s actually a great gift to other people. The” — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Just before bed, your mind is very receptive, so no matter what went wrong that day, find something that went right, open… — Rick Hanson Psychology Copy Share Image
“Virtue, mindfulness, and wisdom are the pillars of everyday well-being, personal growth, and spiritual practice; they draw on the three fundamental neural… — Rick Hanson Character Copy Share Image
“Any good fact is the potential basis for a good experience.” — Rick Hanson Good Experience Copy Share Image
“The remedy is not to suppress negative experiences; when they happen, they happen. Rather, it is to foster positive experiences—and in particular,… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“But it is directly apparent that awareness can do its job without a subject.” — Rick Hanson Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Within your mind, there are hardly any lines at all. All its contents flow into each other, sensations becoming thoughts, feelings, desires,… — Rick Hanson Happiness Copy Share Image
“Saddest of all, some second-dart reactions are to conditions that are actually positive. If someone pays you a compliment, that’s a positive… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“In my heart, there are two wolves: a wolf of love and a wolf of hate. It all depends on which one… — Rick Hanson Love Copy Share Image
“The tragedy and opportunity of this moment in history are exactly the same: the natural and technical resources needed to pull us… — Rick Hanson History Copy Share Image
“Imagine a day in which you feel generally fine. After waking up, you spend a few minutes in bed lightly thinking ahead… — Rick Hanson Art work Copy Share Image
