1.
The Enchanted Loom
Teasing sturdy threads from
neuroscience masterworks

2.
Teasing 10
threads from
Mark Epstein’s…

3.
Thread 1:
The ego is not an innocent bystander. While it
claims to have our own best interests at heart,
in its relentless pursuit of power it undermines
the very
goals it
sets out to
achieve.
When we
let the ego
have free
rein, we suffer. (pg. 2)

4.
Thread 2:
Both Western psychotherapy and Buddhism
seek to empower the observing “I” over the
unbridled “me.”
They aim to re-
balance the ego,
diminish self-
centeredness by
encouraging
self-reflection.
(pg. 4)

5.
Thread 3:
Making one’s life into a meditation is different
from using meditation as an escape from life.
(pg. 12)

6.
Thread 4:
The bottom line
is this: The ego
needs all the
help it can get.
We can all
benefit from
getting over
ourselves.
(pg. 18)

7.
Thread 5:
We do not let
life’s moments
pass easily;
we are sub-
consciously
engaged in an
endless tug-
of-war with
the way
things are.
(pg. 25)

8.
Thread 6:
Habitual and repetitive patterns of reactivity
dominate the untrained mind.
(pg. 41)

9.
Thread 7:
How we talk to ourselves is as important as
how we speak to others. They way we think
is as crucial
as what we
say out loud.
(pg. 65)

10.
Thread 8:
If we are not suffering from post-traumatic
stress disorder, we are suffering from pre-
traumatic stress
disorder. There is
no way to be alive
without being
conscious of the
potential for
disaster.
(pg. 80)

11.
Thread 9:
While it is not often talked about in such stark
terms, psychotherapy to this day, does not shy
away from romantic flirtation’s potential to
unleash therapeutic change. Flirting is an exer-
cise in creating and maintaining uncertainty.
(pg. 97)

12.
Thread 10:
People are motivated by what are called the
eight worldly concerns: gain and loss, pleasure
and pain, praise and blame, fame and disgrace.
(pg. 106)

13.
Thread 11:
While mindfulness encourages a clear-eyed
view of oneself and one’s direct sensory ex-
perience, it also has a hidden agenda.
Its mission is
to put the ego
into perspective
so that empathy
is no longer
obstructed.
(pg. 158)

14.
Image Credits:
Title Page: http://www.alltreatment.com/your-brain-on-drugs
Slide 3 - https://www.shift.is/2016/10/4-questions-foster-authentic-self/cage_by_parablev/
Slide 13 - https://www.peoplestrategy.com/hr-foster-empathy/
Slide 2 - https://beherenownetwork.com/sharon-salzberg-ep-56-mark-epstein/
Slide 6 - http://www.recoveryplusjournal.com/2017/11/therapists-get-over-yourself/
Slide 5 - https://bit.ly/2qk4VPr
Slide 11 - https://bit.ly/2GPTGFx
Slide 10 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_stress_disorder
Slide 14 - http://www.alltreatment.com/your-brain-on-drugs
Slide 9 - http://pdm.com.co/alzheimer-podria-deberse-trastorno-del-metabolismo/
Slide 8 - https://lonerwolf.com/are-you-emotionally-reactive/
Slide 7 - http://www.bowzwestchester.org/
Slide 4 - http://www.chrisakins.com/is-self-reflection-really-good-for-you/
Slide 12 - https://bit.ly/28Xig5P

15.
Mark Brady, PhD
TheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com
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