Toxic Recursive Loop

Tamir's name for the fearful, analytical overthinking spiral (borrowing 'recursion' from the novel). It never resolves, like the endless 'where did the lion come from' questions in the cold-open clip. Wonder is offered as its antidote.

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  how fear disguises as logicEp 12 · with Ian Coll

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• The lion in the dreamSwami Sarvapriyananda · Ep 12 · 0:52

  In the cold-open clip, a teacher asks where a lion chasing you in a dream came from. The true answer is that there is no lion: wake up. If you insist on an answer inside the dream, you get…

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• There's only the question and no answer. On the side of those who are enlightened, they don't seem to ask this question. They have the answer, but not the question.Swami Sarvapriyananda · Ep 12 · 1:25
• It might be the antidote. It might be the thing that saves you from the analytical, logical, toxic, recursive loop.Tamir Barzilai · Ep 12 · 42:58
• Wonder must come from curiosity, not fearTamir Barzilai · Ep 12 · 44:33

  You can 'wonder' anxiously from fear. The wonder that dissolves the analytical loop comes from the curious inner child who sees endless possibilities and suddenly asks why you even care…