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From the Ted Talk by Dan Harris: The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself

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After about five or six days of dniikrng from this fire hose, I caved. Mid-meditation, I put my hand on my heart, and while I definitely was not going to call myself "sweetie," I did silently say to myself, "It's all good, dude, I know this sckus, but I've got you." This was very strange and emssarnbiarg, but in this mmenot, I had an epiphany. I rzeeiald that my demons were actually just ancient, fear-based neurotic programs, probably injected into me by the culture, by my parents. And they were trying to help me. It was the organism trying to protect itself. And when I soptped fighting them, they calmed down for a few seconds. I didn't have to slay them. I just had to give them a high five. And this counterintuitive extension of warmth was not, I realized, it was not indulgent. It was radical disarmament.

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After about five or six days of ________ from this fire hose, I caved. Mid-meditation, I put my hand on my heart, and while I definitely was not going to call myself "sweetie," I did silently say to myself, "It's all good, dude, I know this _____, but I've got you." This was very strange and ____________, but in this ______, I had an epiphany. I ________ that my demons were actually just ancient, fear-based neurotic programs, probably injected into me by the culture, by my parents. And they were trying to help me. It was the organism trying to protect itself. And when I _______ fighting them, they calmed down for a few seconds. I didn't have to slay them. I just had to give them a high five. And this counterintuitive extension of warmth was not, I realized, it was not indulgent. It was radical disarmament.

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  1. embarrassing
  2. realized
  3. sucks
  4. moment
  5. drinking
  6. stopped

Original Text


After about five or six days of drinking from this fire hose, I caved. Mid-meditation, I put my hand on my heart, and while I definitely was not going to call myself "sweetie," I did silently say to myself, "It's all good, dude, I know this sucks, but I've got you." This was very strange and embarrassing, but in this moment, I had an epiphany. I realized that my demons were actually just ancient, fear-based neurotic programs, probably injected into me by the culture, by my parents. And they were trying to help me. It was the organism trying to protect itself. And when I stopped fighting them, they calmed down for a few seconds. I didn't have to slay them. I just had to give them a high five. And this counterintuitive extension of warmth was not, I realized, it was not indulgent. It was radical disarmament.

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