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People commonly seek out meditative or mindful states through quiet reflection, yet threat-signalling experiences provide an alternate, albeit more brutal, route. Like a short-cut to mindfulness, they instantly draw us into a singular focus. It is due to the capacity of such experiences to command attention, to remove awareness of complex thought, and to reduce higher-order reflection on the self that they are often experienced as providing a form of enlightenment or spiritual transcendence. If you consider the various practices that are thought to provide spiritual enlightenment, they all have these qualities in common. Beyond the various rituals detailed above, people also engage in meditative prayer, chanting, singing or dancing to achieve a sense of spiritual transcendence. These acts, through repetition, fix one’s mind on a singular thing, and limit the potential for distraction.
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