Figure 7.

Synchronization between the three different layers of self-related processing due to increased meditation proficiency. The three layers of self-related processing are desynchronized in subjective states of implicit nondual awareness (i.e. duality) and impacted by hyperactive mental-self processing (likely tied with hyperactive PCC activity). Through increased meditation proficiency, the relationship between the layers of self-related processing likely becomes increasingly synchronized and nested within the environment, allowing for a present-moment orientation and a recognition of nondual awareness