ENEMIES: From War To Wisdom Episode 49: Remaining Curious

Episode 49 October 14, 2022 00:46:08
ENEMIES: From War To Wisdom Episode 49: Remaining Curious
ENEMIES: From War to Wisdom
ENEMIES: From War To Wisdom Episode 49: Remaining Curious

Oct 14 2022 | 00:46:08

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Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss the meaning of curiosity as a primary emotion and how it is expanded or restricted, throughout our development from infancy through old age, by conscious and unconscious factors. Curiosity or “interest” motivates us to engage with our experiences in ways that we can learn from them. The human infant is born with a primary motivation to investigate its experiences with curiosity, even when they are painful. Naturally, our curiosity help us survive by allowing us to discern the markers of pleasure and pain.What blocks our curiosity, then, when we are relating to each other as adults? How and why do we lose interest when we disagree or believe we “have heard it all, already”? Why do we close our ears to what we disagree with or find emotionally threatening? In this podcast, we talk about how we can retain our natural curiosity and the “Don’t Know Mind” even when we are in a difficult conversation.

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