Dalai Lama XIV Quotes

We Inherited The Reactivity Of This Part Of Our Brain, And Particularly The Sensitive Amygdala, From Our Skittish Fight-or-flight Ancestors. Yet So Much Of The Inner Journey Means Freeing Ourselves From This Evolutionary Response So That We Do Not Flip Our Lid Or Lose Our Higher Reasoning When Facing Stressful Situations. The Real Secret Of Freedom May Simply Be Extending This Brief Space Between Stimulus And Response. Meditation Seems To Elongate This Pause And Help Expand Our Ability To Choose Our Response.

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