The Tao of Mental Chatter – Part Three

Read: “The Tao of Mental Chatter – Part 1” Read: “The Tao of Mental Chatter – Part 2” Triggers are lovely little thought-forms-turned-gremlin. Their original job was to keep you safe in danger. Now they muck everything up by continuing to perceive danger when none exists. When mental chatter takes this turn, it has a marked effect on how you act and therefore what you experience. In The Myths of Stress, Andrew Bernstein states that stories are energized by intense emotional conditioning – this is what keeps them “re-remembered.”  Your old stories are stuck on constant playback mode and you experience them over and over again. Asking the question, “Am I being reactive or responsive?” goes a long way toward being present when your triggers are activated. If you are reacting, the trigger is running the show. And what a