Steven

So we're talking here about managing one's emotions and getting a grip of one's emotions so you can avoid being triggered or perpetrating the same patterns in your life that have led you to the same outcomes. Yeah. First, you believe that it's possible to change. You gain a greater awareness of the parts of yourself that you've kept in the dark that you might want to change.

So we're talking here about managing one's emotions and getting a grip of one's emotions so you can avoid being triggered or perpetrating the same patterns in your life that have led you to the same outcomes. Yeah. First, you believe that it's possible to change. You gain a greater awareness of the parts of yourself that you've kept in the dark that you might want to change.

And then what does one do from there?

And then what does one do from there?

Lightness.

Lightness.

I think in my life, I want to be liked. But the way that my life tends to operate is I might aspire for that. But then I fall into almost a bit of an autopilot. And I run the same pattern throughout the week. And I respond in the same ways to the same external stimulus. So although one might aspire to...

I think in my life, I want to be liked. But the way that my life tends to operate is I might aspire for that. But then I fall into almost a bit of an autopilot. And I run the same pattern throughout the week. And I respond in the same ways to the same external stimulus. So although one might aspire to...

be freer and to be less agitated or to be you know all those things I quickly fall back into my old path my old autopilot because life does seem to come at me pretty quickly if I look at my calendar it's just full every day so I wake up and like I woke up this morning and I'm like with one eye open looking at my

be freer and to be less agitated or to be you know all those things I quickly fall back into my old path my old autopilot because life does seem to come at me pretty quickly if I look at my calendar it's just full every day so I wake up and like I woke up this morning and I'm like with one eye open looking at my

phone schedule to figure out like what day it is and what that means and what i have to do and what's just happened and all the podcast has gone out i've got this email from this person and there's my calendar when i'm late for by 20 minutes and although i might have the day before said to myself that this week we're going to be joyful and light and free it feels like the week hits me like a truck and then boom autopilot

phone schedule to figure out like what day it is and what that means and what i have to do and what's just happened and all the podcast has gone out i've got this email from this person and there's my calendar when i'm late for by 20 minutes and although i might have the day before said to myself that this week we're going to be joyful and light and free it feels like the week hits me like a truck and then boom autopilot

People will say, well, I want to have a mansion and I would like to have a private jet and I would like to have a beautiful partner, or I'd like to have a trophy.

People will say, well, I want to have a mansion and I would like to have a private jet and I would like to have a beautiful partner, or I'd like to have a trophy.

And therefore, is it possible to possess things and to pursue the possession of things while also having a relationship with them where they don't possess you? Can I go in pursuit of getting a, what's something that one might want, a sports car?

And therefore, is it possible to possess things and to pursue the possession of things while also having a relationship with them where they don't possess you? Can I go in pursuit of getting a, what's something that one might want, a sports car?

And is it possible to then have the sports car and pursue it without it possessing me and therefore me avoiding the consequences that come with that unhealthy relationship to possession? Because in your life, there must be things that you're pursuing and you get those things. So your book sells a million copies. Your YouTube channel does exceptionally well. You pursued those things.

And is it possible to then have the sports car and pursue it without it possessing me and therefore me avoiding the consequences that come with that unhealthy relationship to possession? Because in your life, there must be things that you're pursuing and you get those things. So your book sells a million copies. Your YouTube channel does exceptionally well. You pursued those things.

The second of the five hindrances is ill will, a negative emotion such as dislike stops you from chasing a goal. Can you give me some context on this one? What do you mean by ill will?

The second of the five hindrances is ill will, a negative emotion such as dislike stops you from chasing a goal. Can you give me some context on this one? What do you mean by ill will?