Episode Details

Ever said something you regretted about three seconds later? There is a gap between what happens and how you answer it, and it is bigger than it feels.

It feels like you have no choice but to react. You do. The gap is small but it is there, and meditation is what widens it. Here is the proof that it exists. Are you aware of your foot? You had to go there to answer that. That going there is the gap, and you can use it on somebody angry in exactly the same way.

One thing to try: Next time something lands, ask yourself one question before you answer. Are you aware? That question alone is the pause.

In this episode

• (0:02) Have you ever regretted something you said
• (4:28) Something happens, and you are already reacting
• (5:47) The gap is tiny, but it is definitely there
• (6:50) Ringing a friend to complain about the driver who cut you up
• (8:11) It does not matter who they are, only who you are
• (9:49) Watching your own body react, in real time
• (13:35) Are you aware of your foot? And what you just did to answer
• (17:33) Bringing it into the conscious mind on purpose

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