
Ghosting the Argument (Empty Boats)
Bewildered
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The Power of Compassion
Meditation moves you out of that fight flight part of the brain into an observing role. The first thing that happens is if you start to watch an argument, like replay it with a remote control and say, okay, I can have compassion for what I was saying. We are monkeys. We have a biological response to a boat hitting us and it is boom, firefly and anger. So yeah, we're human. It's all about don't expect that coming to your senses one time means you're going to walk around like Eckhart Tola couldn't stand the sight of a toilet seat.
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