2021-03-03 ![[Maso_man_listening_to_very_heartcore_music_679766f8-dca0-45df-ba10-f5783feb430f.png]]^[@Maso on Midjourney Discord] > [!-cf-]+ [[Related notes]] > - [[Turn toward, turn away]] > - [[Turn away]] > - [[Turn toward]] > - [[Neutral-jing]] > - [[0-priv/And]] > - [[Hub. Techniques to facilitate flourishing (hub)]] > - [[Ref. Shinzen Young 2015 - See Hear Feel Introduction_ver1.8_LT]] Shinzen Young's language for the two ways to practice equanimity with a difficult sensory experience. [[Ref. Shinzen Young 2015 - See Hear Feel Introduction_ver1.8_LT]] **[[Turn toward]]:** zoom in on the thing. Use your concentration to bring increased sensory clarity. Accept and allow the experience. Release resistance to sensory experience. Disentangle the strands — audio, visual, body, thoughts, etc. **[[Turn away]]:** direct your attention to something else, and let that unpleasant thing continue to exist unimpeded in the background. Also calls it "background equanimity". How do you decide between turn toward and turn away? It's the [[Fundamental conundrum]] # [[Journal section]] ### 2023-11-11 Sat 16.04pm From Ulysses export on 2023-07-30: Turn Towards and Turn Away Two ways to move. Some Turn Towards moves: * Ninja Move * Just The Thing * Focusing * Direct Equanimity Some Turn Away moves: * Harvesting [[Harvest]] * Breath focus * Pushups * Vice-like moves (eating, videa, porn, sex, compulsive texting, social media, drugs, alcohol, etc) How do you decide when to TT or TA? ... Turn Towards (Flow through) vs Turn Away (allow to dissipate) [?] Turn towards vs turn away equanimity  == Flow through to rapidly flush the cache - but skill required, vs move away to let it discharge And Background equanimity [[Background equanimity]]