Snippet: "We Weren't Born This Way", Providing A Conducive Environment For Thoughts To Grow

We were not born with the ability to perceive things in life the way we do today. We were not born with the ability to think a barking dog is annoying. All these happened at some point in our life and our initial thoughts about these events morphed our mindset from then onwards. If only we could filter these thoughts with mindfulness, a lot of the preconceived notions of happenings around us wouldn't exist, no matter right or wrong. Johnny shared with me how our minds act like a sponge absorbing whatever is thrown at us. More importantly, our environment does not seem to change for a good number of years for most people. This plays an important role in forming our habits and biases. He witnessed this first-hand when he practiced mindfulness and he saw tremendous changes in his behavior towards events in life. Listen to the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2NlJyy2F2sVFyM89zQKFsr?si=T8oxq8GFRFeeYCcGrU6IUg