When the Story Stops
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A student reflects on how sensations become more real when stories are attached to them, and the teacher explores what happens when the underlying assumptions are seen through.
When the Story Stops
A student reflects on how sensations become more real when stories are attached to them, and the teacher explores what happens when the underlying assumptions are seen through.
Something resonated when you said about making the sensation more real. I think when I'm doing that, there's a story attached to it.
Yes. At first you feel a sensation and you're going to be a victim of it. It's like, "This is just happening and I can do nothing about it." But then you can discover the thought process around it.
The assumption behind the reactivity
You could have a similar experience, or you could start to see: "Oh, I'm having this whole assumption." What if you don't assume that to be real? Suddenly all of the emotional reactivity stops. Then you realize the emotional reactivity was the hole with the wasps. But if you don't assume this to be real, it just stops.
Yes. And when that happens, I also realize: well, what is real then? It's very confusing.
Yes.