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In this episode your host, Gary Monti, discusses how to neutralize one of the impediments to humility – reactivity. Topics include:

• The danger or reactivity
• Definition of humility and its benefits
• Humility is contrasted with reactivity
• A range of emotions associated with reactivity and the trouble they can cause
  • Rage
  • Greed
  • Instinct
  • Desire
  • Jealousy
  • Pride
• Reactive patterns develop in response to the emotions if they are left unchecked
• The patterns can grow and interlace with each other compounding the situation
• Meditation can help dissolve the reactive patterns and return to a humble state
• Mid-life crises are discussed and how one can work through them
• The elusiveness of humility, especially as we get older, and its root-cause is discussed
  • Reactive patterns take on a life of their own
• When it comes to meditating simply sitting still can be a big challenge
• The eventual reward is to just be which makes room for joy, discipline, compassion, and empathy not to mention the opportunity to be with others and have community and a sense of flow

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