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Emotional Metacognition: The Art of Zero-Padding the Mind through Meditation
Just as a programmer uses functions like memset or fill to zero out memory, safeguarding against potential bugs, I protect my psyche through meditation.
In the same manner that a bit sequence gets padded with zeroes, settling my mind creates a pristine state. This mental state becomes hyper-aware of emerging emotions in places where they might not have been present before, capturing the most minute changes as either true or false.
Much like in a zero-padded bit sequence, where a 1 (true) bit stands out, calming the mind through meditation makes newly emerged emotions become more distinctly perceptible.
It's like implementing a real-time scanning system for my mind, actively screening and categorizing emotions that might resonate with the vulnerabilities in my cognitive space, ensuring they're genuine and not external intrusions.
