avatarILLUMINATION

Free AI web copilot to create summaries, insights and extended knowledge, download it at here

1431

Abstract

ow would things sound if I stopped thinking?</li></ul><h2 id="9fa8">Somatic Field</h2><ul><li>Which part of my body is the least comfortable?</li><li>Which parts of my body are hardest to detect?</li><li>What happens when I concentrate on two body parts at once?</li><li>Do any bad emotions arise during the body scan?</li><li>How would my body change if I stopped thinking about it?</li></ul><h2 id="778a">Taste Field</h2><ul><li>Does the taste change as I roll it around my tongue?</li><li>How does the intensity compare with other things I have tasted?</li><li>How would it taste if I had never smelled it?</li><li>Does my feeling about the taste change between first contact and swallow?</li><li>How would it taste if I were asleep right now?</li></ul><h2 id="a87c">Olfactory Field</h2><ul><li>Would I recognize the smell if I had not seen it?</li><li>What adjectives are suitable? (Smooth? Bold? Sweet? Floral?)</li><li>How close must it come to me before my nose can detect it?</li><li>Does it improve my mood or worsen it?</li><li>What memories does it bring to mind?</li></ul><h2 id="5631">Cognitive Field</h2><ul><li>If my thoughts were rabbits in a yard, how crowded would the yard be?</li><li>If my attention was a dog, which rabbits would it chase?</li><li>How much of my focus three seconds ago was on the past?</li><li>How does a little circle make me feel?</li><li>What would I be dreaming now if I were not awake?</

Options

li></ul><h2 id="9690">Emotional Field</h2><ul><li>How easy or hard is it to turn each feeling on and off?</li><li>What changes will happen when I start to pray?</li><li>If I were the prow of a ship would my sea be bright under the sun?</li><li>Who have I shared this suffering with?</li><li>How deeply do I love you?</li></ul><figure id="ef74"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*31vXTbzWPAdDxN72iuu31w.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by Author | Dancing with the Goddess</figcaption></figure><h2 id="1f17">Questions After the Scans are All Finished</h2><ul><li>Did I close my eyes for most of the scans?</li><li>In what ways are mental fields like maps?</li><li>If I were only allowed to keep one field, which one would I choose?</li></ul><h1 id="010c">Note</h1><p id="4022">To the best of my recollection, all the questions are in my own words. If I copied anybody from unconscious memory it was probably my first remote meditation teacher, <a href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/mark-w-muesse/">Mark Muesse</a>, a Therevada practitioner from Texas.</p><h1 id="d3c3">About the Author</h1><p id="f104">Tom spends his workdays asking people in a big store if they would like any information about heating and cooling. He often wears an Indiana Jones hat. A grapevine in his front yard convinced him to let her live and to even provide her with a little support. That’s all. :)</p></article></body>

Featured Stories

Curated Collection #116

Chosen stories from experienced writers for avid readers

Photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels

Dear Readers and Writers,

We appreciate your feedback on collection #115 posted yesterday. Today, we compiled interesting stories out of hundreds of submissions published on Illumination.

These engaging and informative pieces in the collection cover various topics for your enjoyment.

The purpose of this post is to give our readers a quick taste of content published in our diverse and inclusive publication, ILLUMINATION on Medium.

We are grateful to publish our 100+ collections this year contributed by 15,500+ inspiring storytellers and give them a voice on this platform.

If you are a published author and have books, we can publish them in Illumination Book Chapters and promote them on our platforms. If you plan to turn your articles and blog posts into books, you may check this guide posted by Dr Mehmet Yildiz.

Dr Yildiz encourages our writers to become published authors and earn income by diversifying content on multiple platforms and formats. Your books chapters in story format might generate income on Medium.

Technology Hits also created a collection from Illumination Book Chapters in addition to several collections including chosen stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated. We are pleased that these outstanding stories are featured in our collections. Here is the latest collection from Technology Hits.

You might check out the previous collections by Technology Hits at this link. We keep our featured collections in a single post titled Meta Collection of Featured Stories. Our editors enjoy amplifying the informative, engaging, and interesting content of our writers using various approaches and tools.

Here are the previous collections of Illumination-Curated.

Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #01

Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #02

Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #03

Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #04

Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #05

Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #06

Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #07

ILLUMINATION-Curator posted two outstanding collections from our publication Illumination-Curated for experienced writers. We are grateful for the support of our volunteer editors investing their precious time to make our writers and readers happy.

Outstanding Stories — Volume 86

Outstanding Stories — Volume 87

Introduction to New Writers

Let’s welcome new writers to join us today.

Topang, César Alves, Nora Ring, Zoltan Silver, Kammie Sumpter, Elena Dimova, Sean Bennett, Lilit Voskanyan, Dalia Y., Esther Ciganda, Go Woojin, Kathleen Murphy, Dane Preston, New Angle Writing, Tom Egelhoff, Catelyn Silapachai, Domino Effect, Georgia Calimeres, Elle Tey, Lane Henry, L. E. Langner, Steve Devine, Amena Khatun, Bella Smith, Florencia Spagnuolo, Roy Hue.

Thank you for joining our publications. We look forward to your interesting stories. Please review the attached onboarding pack before submitting your stories, as it includes helpful information to get you started quickly. If you submit quality stories with captioned and copyright-free images, our editors can publish them faster. As a quick reminder, please particularly review the photo handling policy attached in the pack.

Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor and owner Illumination Integration Publications, will send you an invitation to our Slack workspace via the email you registered in the application form. Joining Slack is optional and free for all members. If you cannot see publications, please contact Dr Yildiz directly on Slack. Slack workspace has great benefits for writers. Currently, 11,500+ writers are members of Slack and collaborating in this moderated workspace. It is a safer than social media as it is moderated by editors. For more info about our publications, you may check Illumination Blog.

Introducing your background in a story like the ones in this collection can be helpful to gain more visibility. Readers enjoy reading writer bios to learn more about their background. You may also check great stories in our featured collection from the last three days.

Recent Collections by ILLUMINATION

Curated Collection #113

Curated Collection #110

Curated Collection #107

Curated Collection #106

Curated Collection #105

Curated Collection #105

Curated Collection #104

Curated Collection #103

We believe you might find valuable and enjoyable pieces on the new collection and previous collections.

Featured Stories from ILLUMINATION Today

Anna Fixed Her Leaky Gut Naturally with Five Steps and Lost 50 Pounds Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Betaine (TMG) Supplementation Improved Four Health Conditions for Steve (Scientist and Bodybuilder) Dr Mehmet Yildiz

How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator

The Single Best Approach When Your Narcissist Ex Wants to Be Friends Melissa Kalt, MD

If the Metaverse is everything, then the Metaverse itself is nothing. Douis Med, PhD

What is common between sex toys, architects, and vineyards? Ridha.M.B

10 Things You May Not Know About Me Dr. Preeti Singh

The Self-Healing Power of Learning to Identify with the Feelings of Others Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

How to Smartly Say NO to Another Request from Your Boss Daniele Quero, PhD

If You Are Promoting Your Products On Facebook You Need To Know This Nora

Curated Collection #115 ILLUMINATION

The Sky’s Centrepiece Adeola Adeko

People Are Being Sued For The Images They Use On Their Blogs! Scribbling Lion

Why Fulfillment is the most valuable in everyone’s life? Shamaz Abraham

My Insane Need to Always be Right Pushes People Away Jessica Rabel

Adapt Larry Nowicki

A Reminder That I am Worthy Even When I am Not Producing Rudi Xega 🇦🇱

Scientists found why people like the smell of their own farts Alissa Rose

How to Build a Moat Around Your Expertise David Andrew Wiebe

To My Sister’s Future Husband Aasha Anna

The Dark Side Of Globalization Will Change The Way You Think About Modernization. Nora

Hand-Picked Book Chapters #01 Technology Hits

This Easy One Minute Test Reveals If Your Thinking Lacks Flexibility Lyuba Golovina

5 Statements to Avoid Saying to Anyone in Recovery from an Eating Disorder Morgan Blair

A little girl just like you… Amanda Marks

Being a Goat in a World of Horses Alan Simpson

The Cliffhanger Technique: How to Be Crazy Eager to Start Your Work Alex Philippe

The Ten Must-Watch Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Movies. Anchit Jassal

Start Eating These Foods to Improve Your Sperm Count & Motility Ange Dim

Israel Drops Dollars From Its Foreign Reserve. 6 Important Takeaways for Investors Ankit Goyal

13 Dead Simple Creativity Hacks Attila Vágó

Fast Track 15 WhatsApp messages to show you haven’t seen them!! Ayan Sinha

Today, Technology Hits posted Hand-Picked Articles collection #84.

Curated Book Chapters of Illumination #01 ILLUMINATION-Curator

How COVID-19 Made People Value And Appreciate My Work Banji Alo

How to Interact with Humans Barry Chaffee

The Serpent Bhuvani

Netflix estimates 100 million households are sharing passwords and suggests a global crackdown is… Bloody blogger

Between the Lines Brooke Ramey Nelson

Colors of You. Brooklyn Muse

The World Is On Fire. Please Don’t Self-Immolate in Solidarity Camille Prairie

How Hamlet Overcame His Victim Mentality And Struck It Rich Carlo Zeno

The important lessons gaming teaches us about failure carlsonley

How To Earn Over $1000 And More On Fiverr Cynthia C Farley

Children are dying as you pre-warm your Tesla car seat. Dan Dawson

Why Investing Won’t Make You Rich Anytime Soon Daniel Mesa

Open-Minded People Find Wisdom Easy Destiny S. Harris

2.6 Billion Dollars — This Indian Sports League Is Worth Four Times The NBA Deva

How To Find That ‘Extra’ Time To Work On Your Goals? Dhawal Kapil

Finding Things To Complain About Don Martin

The Healthiest Type of Fitness Donald Pay

Adrian Lamo: The Boy Inside the Man Donn K. Harris

How to escape an endless loop of misery Eduard Sebastian

Sleuthing in Your Slippers Elaine Hilides

Switching Tracks: Trains of Thought Elizabeth Emerald

Your Writing Can Bring Joy and Change: Find Your Tribe and Add Value Euri Giles

Things About Medical School that Every New Medical Student Needs to Know to Avoid Depression Fatima Mukhtar

Even “SAFE” Places Can Sometimes Be Unsafe Floyd Mori

What It Is Like to Date A Writer Frances Jane Kowalski

Do You Lack Inspiration? I Wrote These 3 Stories Thanks to Twitch Francesco Carrubba

FEELINGS! Freda Savahl

4 Strategies To Help You Get Over Bad Money Habits G. Wallace

Turns Out Bill Gates Is Betting On Tesla’s Stock To Fall! Gal Mux

How Do I Become More Productive in My Life? — Eleven Short Rules For Success Gereon Wellmann ⚡

Precious GrayMatter

9 Foods That Can Make You Look 10 Years Younger Growth Lodge

Innocence Reborn Harry Hogg

Curated Collection #113 ILLUMINATION

My Butterfly Hassan Siddiqui

Still People Improv Cowboy

When Life’s Getting You Down, Don’t Fall Out Of Your Chair Ira Robinson

What Yoga Isn’t. J.C. Anne Brown

The Reason Why The Bowl Isn’t Empty And That Turd Covered Ball Continues To Float Around Stinking… Jason Morton

4 Things You Don’t Need to Build a Dream Business with Articles Jeff Herring

Generosity Yields Unexpected Gifts Jennifer Dunne

How To Nurture Friendships and Love People. Jennifer Pierce

Three Holistic Approaches to Help You Remember Why You’re Not Moving Forward Jessey Anthony

My First YouTube Video Went Viral Justin Andrews

Protection = Control Karlo Tasler

Why Black People Don’t Give a Damn About The Beatles Khadejah

Instagram Promotion: Possible Scam or Fraud Kristina Oberlander

What You Need to Know About the Evergreen Content Kristina Segarra

Why Entrepreneurs Need To Learn Something New Every Day Laurence Zimmerman

Recent Study Revealed the Long-Term Impact of Reading A Book Every Week Lioness Rue

Autism or Fucked-up Neurotypical: Which Will It Be? Lorrae

The Homeless Dog Gets The Beef Lwazi

How Can AI Help Small Businesses? M Mahfujur Rahman

Find Peace of Mind in a Hectic World: Tips for Stress-Free Living Mary Beth Hazeldine

Five Signs Your Life Is More Purposeful Than You Think Michael Lim

How To Stop Boredom Eating (And Maintain The Weight & Body You Want) Mofrad Muntasir

Dreaming While Awake Moony Thinker

Why I stopped being optimistic Narendran

Kashmir Nisshanth K

7 Underrated Quotes That Helped Me Nova Richards🪐

4 Things You Can Do To Be Happier Oguz Bayata

Perfect Timing Patsy Collins

MY Fried Brain on Medium Patti Murray Voncannon

Grammy 2022 Nominees and Winners in the Major Categories RABI CHATTERJEE

How Shops Lure You to Buy Things You Don’t Need Rabinder Kumar

There’s Plenty Of Everything To Go Around: A Look At The Abundance Of Life Randy Salars

Everything That You Didn’t Know About The Dark Web But Should Rebecca Gonthier

Mindful Interpersonal Dynamics Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW

Flowers Rose Lee

The Life, Work, and Happiness Theory Sah Kilic

Want To Have Truce With Grief? Seema Virani Kholiya.

I Asked a Fiverr Guy to Index the Pages and Fix the Errors for 5 €. Here’s What Happened Next! 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐈 🥑

How do erasers work? Shu Hasegawa

World Book Day and Its Significance Shyamdeo Ranjan

Moving On Part 2 Stacy Johnson

5 Tips for Reading More Sufyan Maan, M.Eng

Hand-Picked Articles #85 Technology Hits

Hear My Cries Teisha LeShea

April’s Happy List Teressa P.

Richard Gombrich — Review Ulf Wolf

La Marseillaise Veronika Kaufmann

Thanks to Elon Musk — Free Speech Shall Reign Supreme on Twitter William Vincent Carleton

How to Reduce Abdominal Fat and Increase Lean Muscles with Two Practical Steps Dr Mehmet Yildiz

I’ve Been Asked to Teach a Class of Stanford Students — And I Feel Dirty About It Tim Denning

Co-inky-dink I say Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.

Video Summary of “How to Reduce Visceral Fat and Increase Brown Fat with Two Practical Steps” Illumination YouTube Coordinator

You Want To Change Cristina Cattai

This is why time-blocking is actually harming your productivity Jonathan Fors

How Town: A Prose Poem Cliff Hightower

Traumatic Memories of Home Invasion by Thieves Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Hand-Picked Articles #83 Technology Hits

How Writers and Bloggers Transition to Become Published Authors ILLUMINATION-Curator

Thank you for reading these engaging and informative stories.

Let’s Meet Editors Who Publish These Stories

We are grateful for the efforts of our editors who reviewed and published these stories on their own time. Our editors are volunteers who help writers succeed on Medium. They don’t earn money from publishing. They are also contributing writers. You can check their profiles from the following links and connect with them.

Meet Dr Mehmet YildizDr Mehmet Yildiz — Owner and Chief Editor

Meet Dr Preeti SinghDr. Preeti Singh

Meet Dr John Frederick Rose Dr John Frederick Rose

Meet Arlo Hennings, PhDArlo Hennings, Ph.D.

Meet Dr Michael HENG, PBMDr Michael Heng

Meet Sufyan MaanSufyan Maan, M.Eng

Meet John CunninghamJohn Cunningham

Meet Bill AbbateBill Abbate

Meet Michael PatanellaMichael Patanella

Meet Josh Balerite AcolJosh Balerite Acol

Meet Jennifer GeerJennifer Geer

Meet Lawson WallaceLawson Wallace

Meet Brooklyn MuseBrooklyn Muse

Meet Maria RattrayMaria Rattray

Meet Vidya SuryVidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

Meet Ntathu AllenNtathu Allen

Meet Helen MüllerYou, Me and Happiness

Meet Julius L. EvansJulius Evans

Meet Lanu PitanLanu Pitan

Meet Gregory MaidmanMarcus aka Gregory Maidman

Meet Joe LucaJoe Luca

Meet Bryan Dijkhuizen Bryan Dijkhuizen

Meet Aldric ChenAldric Chen

Meet Krishna V Chaudhary Krishna V Chaudhary

Meet Arthur G Hernandez Arthur G. Hernandez

Meet Kristina SegarraKristina Segarra

Meet Sumera RizwanSumera Rizwan

Meet Britni PepperBritni Pepper

Meet Carol PriceCarol Price

Meet J.S. AdamJS Adam

Meet Carrie Alice Kelly Carrie

Meet Michael NagyMichael Nagy

Meet Kasey HarringtonKasey Harrington

Meet Neha SandhirNeha Sandhir S

Meet Agnes LaurensAgnes Laurens

Meet Karen MadejKaren Madej

Meet Steve Alexander (Alex)The Wordsmith™🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

Meet Aamir KamalAamir Kamal 🚀🚀🚀

Meet Chelsea MandlerChelsea Mandler MAT

Meet Lilith MorningstaarLilith Morningstaar

Meet Zen Chan

We will add more editor profiles soon. You may also bookmark this collection managed by by ILLUMINATION-Curator so that you don’t miss when we add new profiles. Collection of Editor Bios: Meet Editors of Illumination Integrated Publications. Thank you for reading profiles of our editors.

Helpful References for New Writers

How To Triple Your Writing Income Methodically

How To Become A Top Writer In Three Months

8 Proven Tips to Build a Rock-Solid Reading Audience

6 Easy & Proven Tips to Increase Followers

How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month

Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health

Conduct Guidelines for ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications

Why Image Copyrights Matter for Writers and Editors

Copyright Matters: Zero tolerance to plagiarism on ILLUMINATION

Invitation To A Writing Challenge

Introduce Your Newsletters and Grow Your Mailing Lists

Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist

7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively

Storybooks and Indexing Publications

A Compelling Passive Income Stream For Freelance Writers

How to Turn Cold Calls to Warm Outcomes

Five Questions To Increase Curation Chance and Reading Fans

WRITERS INVITED TO PROMOTE THEIR PUBLICATIONS

The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment

What Readers Want to Hear vs What They Really Need to Know

Invitation To A Writing Challenge

Use of Affiliate Links On Medium

100 Day Challenge For New Writers

1,000 Short Posts in 100 Days

No Defamation, Discrimination, And Hate Speech Published

How to Survive and Thrive on Medium

How Writers Can Use YouTube Creatively and Productively

Yes, We Accept Short-Form Stories

What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories on Medium

Short-Form Stories Not For Income But For Visibility. Think Of Them As A Tripwire

ILLUMINATION Poetry Club

ILLUMINATION Fiction Club

Welcome To The TSEE Club

Mentoring on ILLUMINATION

ILLUMINATION on YouTube — New Publication

Illumination YouTube Coordinator crated a new publication for YouTube enthusiasts who can showcase their videos on Medium. All writers are invited to submit their YouTube related posts.

You may check video collection of Illumination YouTube Coordinator in the attached story.

Reference Articles

Here are the reasons “Why Writers Need Personal Publications!”

Selected stories from Euphoria Publication on Medium by our chief editor Dr Mehmet Yildiz who encourage writers to create their own publications. He posted a new newsletter to his subscribers today.

Social Media Update

Dr Mehmet Yildiz encouraged editors to join Twitter. His Twitter handle is https://twitter.com/digitalmehmet. He tweets stories he reads. As mentioned in this post, Technology Hits volunteered to create a post including Twitter handles of all editors. Here is a sample story by Illumination YouTube Coordinator reflecting his Twitter experience.

Thanks to Illumination YouTube Coordinator for creating this great video.

Invitation to New Writers

We will be delighted if you could join us. To join our vibrant publications, please send a request via this link. We will help you gain visibility and succeed as a writer on Medium. Please point out the publication name with your Medium account ID in the request. If you are new to Medium, you can join via this link. Readers can read thousands of stories and writers can monetize self-published content.

Writing
Health
Mental Health
Self Improvement
Business
Recommended from ReadMedium