Summary of Pedram Shojai's The Urban Monk

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#1 Robert is a good lawyer, but he’s also a stressed-out father of two who lives in constant fear of losing his job. He can’t see the way out, and each day, a silent desperation builds in the shadows of his psyche.

#2 Robert’s stress is not from an acute incident. It is the chronic stress of constantly thinking about the event, which causes his body to stay wound up.

#3 When the body is constantly stressed, it begins to suffer from poor absorption, nutrient deficiencies, constipation or loose stools, indigestion, bloating, fatigue, and eventually leaky gut syndrome.

#4 When we’re chronically stressed, our bodies burn through our adrenal glands, which leads to the release of cortisol, which helps us deal with the situation at hand. However, this also leads to the blood flow to the prefrontal cortex being cut off, which leads to the negation of impulses and lower moral reasoning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669373360

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Robert is a good lawyer, but he’s also a stressed-out father of two who lives in constant fear of losing his job. He can’t see the way out, and each day, a silent desperation builds in the shadows of his psyche.

#2

Robert’s stress is not from an acute incident. It is the chronic stress of constantly thinking about the event, which causes his body to stay wound up.

#3

When the body is constantly stressed, it begins to suffer from poor absorption, nutrient deficiencies, constipation or loose stools, indigestion, bloating, fatigue, and eventually leaky gut syndrome.

#4

When we’re chronically stressed, our bodies burn through our adrenal glands, which leads to the release of cortisol, which helps us deal with the situation at hand. However, this also leads to the blood flow to the prefrontal cortex being cut off, which leads to the negation of impulses and lower moral reasoning.

#5

We are what we think, and our inability to use our prefrontal cortexes is a major reason why we are so reactive and distrustful. We are unable to make long-term, thoughtful decisions because we are constantly being reminded that survival is not far away.

#6

The world is crazy. We’re driven toward panicked frenzy by life’s demands. It’s important to live in the eye of the hurricane, where things are calm and chaos isn’t the law of the land.

#7

The root of human suffering is desire. We experience something, and then we connect that experience with a past memory of something related, if there is an unreconciled emotional charge associated with that memory, we feel it all over again and start to get uneasy.

#8

We run and hustle all day to make money, but then we often spend it on junk we don’t actually need in accordance with the scripts and necessities embedded in our minds. Soon we find ourselves short on money and worried about making ends meet each month.

#9

The Urban Monk works to become picky about what information he digests, and he engages in content that enriches his experience. He becomes aware of the fact that life is a dangerous place and that death is near, and he wakes up.

#10

When we haven’t calibrated or