big light bulbs go off where a situation will happen

[KLPNO]

Hello everyone,

A TV presenter talks about meditation to a guest who is a host of a yoga program on TV.

Presenter: You wouldn't have your own show on that if you didn't. So you've been doing this for years, what have the results been?

Guest: Well initially like, you'll definitely feel calmer, you get less anxious. But more like long term benefits for me are like when I have these big light bulbs go off where a situation will happen but I'm normally I'm like on auto pilot or I normally would get angry. Now from years of meditation what I see is just like small gap where I'm like oh, I can actually have a choice. I can choose to go and take a walk and respond to this in a different way rather than just automatically like have my button pressed and lash out to someone.

Is the guest referring to the shooting stage/area (in a studio where a TV program is filmed) and does "big lights bulbs go off" meam "floodlight stops working"?

Thank you

 

[Barb_D]

When "the light bulb goes off" it means you get an idea suddenly.

In cartoon strips, when you see a light bulb over the character's head, it means they have come up with an idea.

She means she suddenly sees a solution to a situation. She sees she has a choice on how to react.

 

[Gillnetter]

Hello everyone,

A TV presenter talks about meditation to a guest who is a host of a yoga program on TV.

Presenter: You wouldn't have your own show on that if you didn't. So you've been doing this for years, what have the results been?

Guest: Well initially like, you'll definitely feel calmer, you get less anxious. But more like long term benefits for me are like when I have these big light bulbs go off where a situation will happen but I'm normally I'm like on auto pilot or I normally would get angry. Now from years of meditation what I see is just like small gap where I'm like oh, I can actually have a choice. I can choose to go and take a walk and respond to this in a different way rather than just automatically like have my button pressed and lash out to someone.

Is the guest referring to the shooting stage/area (in a studio where a TV program is filmed) and does "big lights bulbs go off" meam "floodlight stops working"?

Thank you

No, it's about the normal reaction the speaker used to have to a situation. If, for example, someone slapped the speaker, the reaction would be anger. Now, after years of studying yoga, the reaction would be that there is a choice of things to do.

 

[KLPNO]

When "the light bulb goes off" it means you get an idea suddenly.

In cartoon strips, when you see a light bulb over the character's head, it means they have come up with an idea.

She means she suddenly sees a solution to a situation. She sees she has a choice on how to react.

But why did coming up with an idea made her angry before she started practicing meditation?
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[MikeNewYork]

I think the guest should meditate on how to get rid of "like" in his/her speech. Irritating.

 

[Barb_D]

But why did coming up with an idea made her angry before she started practicing meditation?
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It doesn't.
Before she started meditating, a situation would make her angry. Now she realizes she has a choice - she can get angry like she used to, or she can do something else. The lightbulb is the realization that she has a choice in how she reacts.

 

[Tdol]

Mind you, if it takes years of meditation to come up with the idea of going for a walk to calm down, the guest's not selling yoga very well.