A Way to Sidestep Self-Doubt

A five-thousand-year-old brain hack

1. Meditating

Have you tried it?

If you have, you’re familiar with the thing that happens when you try to clear your mind, but it wanders like it has a mind of its own.

2. Wandering

Indian Buddhists from the 3rd century BC experienced this phenomenon too. They called it papañca.

It’s the tendency of the mind to create a “self” and objectify experiences rathe…