180 - Meditation: The Pause Button for Habitual Reactivity

Secular Buddhism

Noah Rasheta

Spirituality, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Society & Culture, Meditation, Secular, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I delve deeper into how meditation acts as a massive pause button for the cycle of habitual reactivity. I'll explore beliefs, thoughts, emotions, feelings, actions, and consequences, discussing how they influence our lives and the lives of others. We'll look at how we can cultivate skillful habits through meditation or mindfulness. By taking a pause from our habitual ways of living, we can achieve powerful self-reflection and lasting change.

We also examine the two primary types of meditation - fixed attention and open awareness - and why it's essential to practice both to create the Middle Way.

So, take a break from your busy life and give this episode a listen! Let me explain how hitting the pause button in the cycle of reactivity can lead to a more balanced life. Make sure to stay tuned for my upcoming online course, where I'll share specific techniques for both types of meditation.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Secular Buddhism Podcast, a podcast that presents Buddhist teachings,
0:08.8	concepts and ideas from a secular perspective.
0:12.2	You don't need to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist, you can use what you
0:16.6	learn to simply be a better whatever you already are.
0:19.8	I am your host Noah Rosheta and let's jump into today's topic.
0:26.8	Hello, it's good to be back.
0:29.0	It's been a while.
0:30.8	Quick life update.
0:31.8	I've been working on a new course.
0:33.4	I know I mentioned this in the podcast in past episodes and possibly a new book.
0:39.4	And to be honest, I've been quite busy with that and other aspects of life and the various
0:44.2	hats that I wear.
0:46.1	And at times I've felt a little bit overwhelmed with the amount of things I'm trying to do at
0:50.6	this particular stage in my life.
0:53.5	I also recently came across the notion of building a second brain.
0:58.0	There's a book called Building a Second Brain.
1:02.7	And it's written by Tiago Forte for those of you who are into productivity or trying
1:08.2	to manage the massive amounts of information that we encounter in our day-to-day lives.
1:14.1	It's a really neat book that has helped me to feel less overwhelmed by the amount of information
1:20.5	that I have to digest that's coming at me every day.
1:24.0	The book proposes a system to help capture and organize all the information that we
1:28.4	come across.
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