Un exercițiu simplu prin care ne putem da seama cât de reactivi suntem. Ești curios să încerci asta?

Washing your hand, your face, and let it dry without scratching. How can we use that as an instrument? Came to me because I would go into meditations, and I would realize that after I washed my face, the first 15 minutes, as the water was drying, it was so uncomfortable because it was these tiny sensations, and it was itchy. And as you don't scratch it, the sensation grew in intensity. And. And eventually it always passed because the water dried or I got used to it, and I could drop into deeper states of meditation. So I thought this would be like, wow, what a beautiful illustration, example of our own reactivity to show someone, hey, do you want to see how reactive you are? Do you want to see how strong your impulse to react is? Let's do this. Let's wet your face and close your eyes and just sit still and don't move. And for many people, they're like, oh, my God, that was so annoying, so uncomfortable. It was such a big sensation. Not true for everyone, but for many, it's. It's a bit of a humbling experience because we realize, wow, this is water drying on the face. That's not a significant experience. And this is how strong the reactivity is when I'm paying attention to it. Imagine how strong the reactivity is that's connected to our trauma, that's connected to our addictions. So that that reactivity is probably a lot stronger. We're just not paying attention to it. We're not paying attention to that craving or impulse to scratch an itch. In this case, scratching an itch might be reaching for a substance or an addiction.