awareness of this puppet master – slackens the strings
thanks but can handle it friend vs master
process of awareness
source of suffering relieve suffering
it vs reality
distortion – attempt to escape the pain – addicted to things – external
what does your addiction do for you – why not have that
cost of not being ourselves to survive
disconnect from ourselves costs us
authenticity benefits outweigh not
agency takes responsibility for the interpretation, agency makes decisions
key shifts in psychology
- normal society is bad for us not good
- link trauma and physical/mental health
- education and trauma
- criminals are traumatized – treat them
- parenting – 1st 3 years template is right
- just have “to be” without conditions
education depends on healthy brain development – curious mastery and learning are human needs
capacity to be peaceful without doing anything