When experienced meditators meditate, a large-scale brain network called the Default Mode Network (DMN) becomes inactive. The DMN is a region located throughout our brain and plays a role in distinguishing between the many electrical signals coming through our five senses to prevent them from overlapping in the brain. The DMN becomes more active when one thinks about 'myself', such as 'my things', 'my future', and 'my past', and becomes less active when one thinks about things other than 'myself'. But the interesting thing is that the DMN is not activated when children are young, so when someone asks them something, they do not know how to say 'I'. And the reason why people who meditate see the world as beautiful is because by eliminating the existence of 'I', all virtual values and symbols disappear, and they see the world as it is. Humans, who couldn’t leave the world as it was, created an imaginary symbol called 'I' that didn’t exist in the world in order to understand this world. It seemed that the world could not be explained without 'I', so we created a virtual symbol called 'I' and were finally able to explain this world. After we created ‘I’, many other values were also created. As ‘I’ was created, ‘good people’ and ‘bad people’ were created, and as ‘I’ had beliefs, ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ were created. However, “such a person” or “such a thing” does not exist, but is a virtual value created by us. An example to understand better: If you ask someone who has a bf or gf why they like their bf or gf, what will that person say? Because he’s competent and handsome? Because she’s pretty and kind? If that person answers that way, that person doesn’t like their bf and gf, but rather likes the virtual value he/she has given to that other person. Nevertheless, that person who get married thinking he/she truly love that person, when time passes and that person's face changes over time or the once competent person starts to be not competent, they don’t like their partner as before and they see that their partner no longer fits their virtual values and they says that their husband/wife has changed and became different. But no one has changed, the situation has changed. Situation from bf and gf who goes out on a date watching a movie in the cinema to mom and dad who raise their children. They didn't love their partner from the beginning, they didn't see the essence behind the virtual values. What the two saw was the virtual values, and that value changes when the standard and situation changes. The reason why people who meditate see the world as beautiful is because they see the world as it is, with all virtual values and symbols disappearing as the existence of 'I' is eliminated. Do you know how beautiful the world seen that way is? Don't look at the sky as 'sky', don't look at trees as 'trees', and you will realize that this world was full of beautiful art. We have large museums, large screens, and large paintings and sculptures, but the universe uses the entire sky to paint and the entire earth to create sculptures. Moreover, it is moving media art that changes every time! So how can we see the world without expectations? Just love everything! True love is love without ‘me’. If I love everything in this universe, this universe becomes me and I become this universe. At that moment, meditators say “I’m enlightened”. It is not difficult to see the world as it is, because we had already seen it that way. As we were young children, when we couldn’t even say “I,” we saw the world as it was without any standards, without any judgment, and that world was really exciting! Jaden
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Brooke
12/19/2023 01:57:36 pm
I really found this interesting, because I feel like I learned lot from this. It definetly makes you rethink your perspective. This was a cool take on learning how to appreciate and be grateful to the things we have around us.
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Melina
12/19/2023 01:58:50 pm
I like how you mentioned to actually see things with a positive perspective. Most of the times we don’t realize how pretty the place we live in is and the practise to change our view could led to other good things.
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Logan
12/19/2023 02:00:15 pm
ive never tried mediation before, but after reading your blog I really want to try. "The universe uses the sky to paint" that is an amazing descriptor and it really opens your eyes to the power of meditation. great blog
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Sarah
12/19/2023 02:00:45 pm
This honestly was so interesting to read! you are absolutely right, we as people should eliminate the word "I " and to see past ourselves. This has definitely made me have a different on meditation.
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Rosetta
12/19/2023 02:02:15 pm
I really like this perspective of seeing the world and how the elimination of the word "I" can contribute to that. I also found this very interesting to read as I have never thought of the world through this perspective, but I want to try it out.
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alanna
12/19/2023 02:02:21 pm
I think it was really beautiful how you percieve the world. This was very enlightening!
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Brody
12/19/2023 02:02:35 pm
I found this very interesting because it has showed me an entirely new perspective on life. The idea to see everything as art is something I think I will adopt into my daily life.
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Jane
12/19/2023 02:03:16 pm
I really enjoyed reading about this and found your perspective amazing:)
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Laetitia
12/19/2023 02:03:36 pm
This was a really interesting blog. It makes you rethink your own mindset and your way of living. When you start thinking more about this you also realise how lucky you are to be in this world. Thank you for sharing this perspective!
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Merle R
12/19/2023 02:03:56 pm
Reading this blog was very interesting for me. Everyone has so high expectations that they have to face or are always under pressure thinking in that way makes a lot things easier. Thanks for sharing.
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taylor
12/19/2023 02:04:35 pm
I think that everyone should view the world with this perspective because it could really help a lot of bad in the world, I really enjoyed reading your blog!
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Sunsua
12/19/2023 02:07:33 pm
I didnt understand this at first but i think i understand what u mean. Honestly this is pretty deep and insightful and i was interested to read how a human mind continuously make up words and ideas like the word “I” and virtual values.
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Lianne
12/19/2023 02:13:07 pm
I had never thought about the world from this perspective. Being able to step back and not think about the "I" and what "I" want or think has never occured to me. It's an interesting point of view, and I'll try meditating sometime soon to see if I can try to experience this.
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