High Fetters and Drivers | Natalie

Dhammarato and Natalie talk about Kahler’s five drivers and how they relate with the fetters of restlessness and conceit. We can wake up from these old instincts and live with the frontal cortex!

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00:00:00 The five drivers: try hard, please me, hurry up, be strong, perfect; the life scripts
00:06:24 The flaw of the drivers—psychology is lacking mindfulness (sati)
00:13:30 The instincts and drivers presuppose there is danger
00:17:08 The Suttanipata, "Why am I running when I can walk?"
00:19:33 The drivers fit into the teachings of the Buddha
00:23:00 Restlessness and remorse, we'll always be able to find something wrong with the past
00:27:13 Conceit is anthropomorphising restlessness
00:29:55 MN 63: Take the arrow out, don't inspect it; SN 36.6: The physical dart and the mental dart; all of the Dukkha is inside
00:38:30 It's worthwhile to wake up the human mind to not live tragic lives
00:40:13 The drivers; restlessness and conceit; malicious gossip
00:46:14 Let go of insults to rise above them, frontal cortex instead of reptilian brain
00:54:23 Deep breathing to power the frontal cortex
00:58:00 Enjoying the meditation practice, sensations of piti
01:06:56 Getting out of the chair as an anchor (and other anchors)
01:11:04 YouTube and developing dhamma friends and family

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