Broadcasts.com - "EP 455: Curiosity = Non-Judging Awareness" (Showing Up To Life)

Published: March 1, 2021, 8:45 p.m.

When I talk to people about non-judging awareness, it\\u2019s sometimes hard for them to grasp what I really mean by the term.

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Of course, this has a lot to do with how we\\u2019re conditioned in society to judge EVERY experience.

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A headache, for instance, is bad, according to the people who make ibuprofen.

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A new car is good, according to the maker of new cars.

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Of course, when talking about advertising, it\\u2019s easy to see the motivation: to get you to buy something you may or may not really need.

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What\\u2019s not as apparent is that this motivation happens at the level of the human emotion of fear.

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And the very second that your brain senses fear, your body responds in the only way it knows how: your body initiates the stress response.

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And from this place, emotional reactivity happens.

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And emotional reactivity always carries with it negative consequences which cause the emotion of fear once more and starts the cycle anew.

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But what happens if we don\\u2019t say something is \\u2018Bad\\u2019?

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What if we say something is \\u2018Interesting\\u2019 instead?

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Check out today\\u2019s episode to find out how this relates to Curiosity!

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