REWIRE YOUR BRAIN FOR MORE PEACE, LOVE, & UNDERSTANDING

Based on “Think Like A Monk”, by Jay Shetty

QUOTE: Radhavath Swami “There is toxicity everywhere around us. In the environment in the political atmosphere, but the ORIGIN (of this toxicity) is in our HEARTS. Unless we clean the ecology of our own heart and inspire others to do the same, we will be the instrument of polluting the environment.”

NEGATIVITY BIAS

We are wired to have an acute response, called FIGHT or FLIGHT, to life-or-death experience in order to survive. This skill has been a factor in our survival from back in the days when we were cave dwellers, and it still serves us well today; driving a car, crossing the street, or in extreme sports. This acute STRESS response is automatic whether the threat is real or just perceived. When a threat is present, a surge of adrenaline rushes through our bodies causing rapid breath and heart rate, physical aches in our bodies.

We want this FIGHT or FLIGHT response in a REAL emergency; however, we would like to minimize this acute reaction for NON-LIFE-THREATENING situations. WHAT IS THE NEGATIVITY BIAS?

3 TYPES OF EMOTIONAL FEAR:

LOSS OF PEACE: fear of snakes, elevators, heights, public speaking. the negativity bias fools our mind into believing that we are in grave danger even when the FEAR is only in our MINDS.

LOSS OF LOVE: fear of not being liked or loved if you say or do the wrong thing or you simply make a mistake. “perfectionism”.

LOSS OF UNDERSTANDING: fear of being disrespected, unheard, or invisible. this fear tends to be based on our ego’s . It usually involve miscommunication or dealing with a narcissist who is unable to see any perspective but their own.

STEPS TO REVERSE EXTERNAL NEGATIVITY –

JOURNAL OR MEDIATION EXERCISE

SITUATION - IS THIS A REAL OR PERCEIVED FEAR ?

ASSESS THE SITUATION – WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS – TELL YOURSELF “NOT HAPPENING NOW”

REMAIN CALM & BE AN OBJECTIVE OBSERVER – PAUSE & SAY NOTHING.

BACK AWAY SLOWLY & CHANGE COURSE – GET OFF THE PHONE, CHANGE THE CHANNEL, OR CHANGE THE DIRECTION YOU ARE PHYSICALLY TRAVELING.

RELAX & BREATH - TAKE DEEP LONG SLOW BREATHS UNTIL YOU RETURN TO NORMAL.

PROCESS THE EXPERIENCE: WHAT DID YOU DO RIGHT & WHAT COULD YOU DO BETTER?

MAKE A PLAN : IF YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER THIS SITUATION AGAIN, MAKE A PLAN!!!

REWIRE YOUR BRAIN FOR MORE PEACE, LOVE, & UNDERSTANDING