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Spiritual Workout with Hakalau

Summary

, 8 min

Hakalau, the Hawaiian kahuna practice of fixing on one point while widening into peripheral vision, as a workout for the right hippocampus. Two more routes: splitting attention between the hands, and gazing at the sky without letting the left brain shrink it. The skill is then brought to the spiritual eye as a way to surrender.

In this video

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Foveal and peripheral attentionLeft and right brainRight hippocampusExpansionBeing the watcherSpiritual eyeSurrender
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Key moments

00:18A joke morning spiritual workout00:51Working out brain skills to plug into meditation01:13Hakalau: one point, then the whole peripheral vision02:00Split attention between the feeling in each hand02:57A third way: stare at the sky04:12The right brain takes in everything as the observer04:31Practicing Hakalau while waiting for an appointment05:19Using the skill in front of the spiritual eye06:29Dilating the eyes and what surrender really means