108. Ask, Don’t Assume: 5 Ways to Stay Curious

Spiritually Hungry

Monica Berg and Michael Berg

Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Growth, Selfimprovement, Fulfillment, Parenting, Love, Anxierty, Reincarnation, Relationships, Fear, Society & Culture, Manifest, Mental Health, Life-changing, Lifes Purpose, Well-being, Improve Life, Spirituality, Wellness, Wisdom, Inspirational, Transformation, Self-help, Education, Culture, Kabbalah, Happiness, Society

4.8 • 617 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

You know what they say about assumptions? In short, they are bad. The danger in making assumptions is that they set us up for disappointment. They can easily evolve into expectations and lead us to make decisions based on information we assume is still valid. The truth is change is inevitable, which makes assumptions counterproductive. In this episode of Spiritually Hungry, Monica and Michael discuss the best spiritual tool we have on hand to end the trap of making assumptions.

“So much of our pain is based on assumptions. If we were able to really live a life that questions more and is more curious, rather than assuming, the benefit of that would be, not just that we’d be wiser and know more, but more importantly we’d have less pain and more joy.”

– Michael Berg

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0:00.0	So much of our pain is based on assumptions.
0:11.3	And then if we were able to really live a life that questions more and is more curious,
0:17.3	rather than assuming the benefit of that would be not just that we'd be wiser and no more,
0:23.2	but more importantly, we'd have less pain and more joy.
0:28.8	Welcome to Autumn.
0:32.4	Every time you say Autumn, I think about that Barney song, which probably most of people don't know.
0:37.2	Sing it. You can call, I don't remember, I remember watching which probably most people don't know. Sing it.
0:37.6	You can call it. I don't remember watching. I don't think Autumn was in it. It was. You can call it fall, but I'll call it autumn. Something like that. So not at all. Haven't. Oh, you know the song? Just enough to know that you butchered it. Well, we're back from summer. Barney's not around anymore.
0:53.7	No, and there's a reason for that.
0:55.0	I'm not going to go into it.
0:57.1	Some kind of scandal. Well, we're back from summer. I don't think Barney's not around anymore. No, and there's a reason for that.
0:55.0	I'm not going to go into it.
0:57.0	Some kind of scandal.
0:59.0	Which often, yeah, I'm going to get into trouble here.
1:02.0	I'm not even going to go down that road.
1:04.0	So welcome the spiritually hungry podcast.
1:06.0	We're back in full swing.
1:08.0	I'm already exhausted in September. But let's do it. Yes. So today we're
1:15.6	going to talk about questions versus assumptions. And I hope it's not a spoiler alert because you
1:24.3	already look confused, but assumptions are kind of bad. You said questions?
1:32.1	Asking questions versus making assumptions. I like what you say, you say curiosity, right?
1:38.5	That's why I never share with you where I'm going to go with this because like that's like, hello. Did I just ruin the whole podcast? That's not a lead. That's where we're leading to. I'm sorry.
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