We all enjoy a good drama when we go to the movies or theater, or when we read a mystery, or watch a favorite team play its fiercest rivals.
- We root for the good guys and we want to see the bad guys get bested, busted or in the case of thrillers, even get killed.
- It’s all part of the fun. But for many people, drama plays a far more central part at their lives.
- They use it to fill a sense of emptiness or boredom
Drama can even become addictive, consuming most of a person’s waking hours
- We can find drama 24hours a day in the form of online shopping, gambling, video games, imaginary romance and sexual liaisons.
“Human beings spend a lot of time thinking about what is not going on around them, contemplating events that happened in the past, might happen in the future, or will never happen at all.”
Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert
- Peace and harmony make drama less interesting, and the need for a quick fix falls away naturally.
Re-source: Response
Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response, lies our growth and our freedom.
- It acts as a buffer against impulsive words or actions.
- To decide how best to respond rather than to act reflexively
- Developing a space enables empathy to enter one’s consciousness.
- “How is my response going to affect the other person?
- “A calm space, a serene environment where I can choose the reaction that I want to have. Now that is true power.”
Being centered is that state in which emotions are not hijacking you.
- The ability to think clearly and have perspective
“When there is light in the soul, there is beauty in the person. When there is beauty in the person, there is harmony in the house. When there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.”
Chinese Proverb
craving and resource by “Super Mind” – How to boost performance and live a richer and happier life through transcendental meditation – by Norman E. Rosenthal