The place of mental and emotional freedom

My understanding (and experiencing) is that the brain has two modes.

One is the Default Mode Network.

This mode is also called the rumination mode, which builds narratives and continuously cycles thru them, causing the mind to fixate more and more on those narratives. (The media feeds this mode!)

The other mode is the Task Positive Mode, which focuses the mind in the present moment and switches off the DMN.
(In this mode the narratives fall off like water off a ducks back).

We truly do have the choice of living in one of these two modes.

The common concept is that a person can switch off the DMN by struggling to “not think about a pink elephant” (suppressing the narrative, or trying to work thru issues) which only causes the DMN to fight stronger against that release.

The only way to switch off the DMN is to switch TO the TPN, which vaporizes the DMN’s power simply by switching it off. This requires the persons willingness to do this.

While popular psychology says ” you need time to work thru this and heal the wound”, it simply makes them a steady income.

While the common thinking is that we must work thru our emotional reactions to the things we encounter in life (which in fact are already “past their expiry date”), our focus is meant to be on this moment, and flowing to the next moment.

Living fully in the moment, effective living in NOW.

This is where true mental and emotional freedom lies.