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Cute Baby Meditation = Instant Metta Practice

Summary

, 11 min

The Cute Baby Meditation, Todd Murphy's technique for strengthening the left amygdala as an instant form of Buddhist Metta. Explains how charge built in the right hippocampus jumps a minimized right amygdala into left-amygdala bliss, then gives the practice: look daily at one instantly cute picture and grow the feeling, later extending it to gratitude and compassion.

In this video

Teaches
Discusses
Right hippocampusEnlightenment PathwayRight amygdalaBlissMetta
Mentions
Todd MurphyOM Japa in the ChakrasHunaGratitude

Key moments

00:00Todd Murphy's cute baby meditation to strengthen the left amygdala01:04The right hippocampus as the destination of the journey01:42Charge reaches the right amygdala; shrinking it through daily choices02:33Charge jumps to the left amygdala: bliss and pure love03:28Metta as lifting weights for the left amygdala04:36Pick one instantly cute picture of a baby, cat or puppy05:19See it every day and blow the feeling up each time06:26Let the feeling grow big before turning it on darker thoughts07:20Big Bliss training minimizes the right amygdala from the other side08:25Extending to pictures that make you grateful or compassionate09:11Strengthening the brain like a muscle; bliss bleeds into life