David Nichtern and his ‘pod-kick’ Michael Kammers return for a dialog about reactivity, how it’s normally ruled by the three Kleshas, and what it means to reply fairly than react.
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The Sequence of Reactivity
The theme for this dialog comes from Michael’s cousin, who requested him tips on how to be much less reactive at work. David talks about how reactivity is normally ruled by the three Kleshas – ardour, aggression, and ignorance. They talk about the sequence of reactivity, and Michael explores how reactivity might be about missing the spaciousness wanted to be responsive.
“The distinction between being responsive and reactive; response has an intelligence to it and the reactivity is form of not so clever and due to this fact extra ruled by Kleshas, or emotional responses that don’t have a lot efficacy in selling concord and communication.” – David Nichtern
Ram Dass breaks down the chain of reactivity in Right here and Now Ep. 186
Horrible Bosses (12:50)
David dives into an instance the place a boss is treating their staff in a sarcastic, domineering method, which causes Michael to apologize to everybody he’s been thoughtless to in his 20 years as a bandleader. They talk about how mindfulness apply may help us cope with reactivity in these conditions, plus they contact on the significance of cultivating resilience.
“[Mindfulness practitioners] don’t simply slap in one of many Kleshas as a form of automated response. They exit of automated response mode. They turn out to be much less of an automaton and extra of a human being.” – David Nichtern
David Nichtern and Michael Kammers dive deeper into resilience in Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck – David’s View: The R’s of Mindfulness Pt. 2
The Cloth of Impermanence (20:10)
David explores how mindfulness is a stabilizing aspect in a really chaotic time, and the way we don’t want to show to nihilism. The dialog turns to creativity and the way there must be extra illustration in media of the spaciousness that provides us an opportunity to be a accountable particular person, not a reactive one. David ties collectively the entire podcast with somewhat Jeff Beck.
“There’s one thing constructed into the material of impermanence that claims, it doesn’t matter what the state of affairs, the worth of conscious consciousness is, nearly you possibly can say, everlasting.” – David Nichtern
Joseph Goldstein uncovers the unconventional reality of impermanence in Perception Hour Ep. 49
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