TBD on Ning
Mindfulness
I am starting a new thread here mainly for purposes of my own catharsis. It is my intention, at least at this point, to make regular contributions. Of course, if anyone else has anything to add, they are more than welcome. If you have any input, please contribute.
Over a year ago I decided to deal head-on with my self-diagnosed adult attention disorder, (ADD). The inability to stay focused was becoming too stressful. I found myself sitting around watching the clock tick, yet I couldn’t keep “on task” with any project I started. Nothing was getting done and just starting something was becoming depressing.
The smart thing to do was probably to get professional help, so instead I decided to try to heal myself, at least as a first try. Cognitive therapy and pharmaceuticals (UGH) might be the approved way to go but I decided to try meditation first.
18 months and countless self-help books later, I still can’t bring myself to a regular, formal meditation program. But, along the way, I discovered informal mindfulness. Yes, I know it is the “Fad” right now. It is hard to navigate modern social trends without “tripping over” somebody extolling the benefits of mindfulness.
Let me add my voice to the chorus.
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"And isn’t it beautiful? Reality as it is. It just is. I could die in such abundance, and I didn’t do anything for it but notice." ~ Byron Katie
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Well I'm not quite there yet. Bur working on it..
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"Step away from the shackles of perfectionism and allow yourself to make mistakes - in doing so, you'll discover a wide array of possibilities and perspectives!" ~ The Mindfulness Project
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"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced." ~ Art Van Der Leeuw
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"Reflective meditation is a way of translating thoughts into the language of feeling. It explores the relation between the way we think about and perceive things and the way we feel about them."
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"Sometimes all you can do is accept there's not much you can do. And sometimes all you can control is how well you let go of control." ~Lori Deschene⠀
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"Avoiding problems you need to face, is avoiding the life you need to live."
~ Paulo Coelho
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"There is little room left for wisdom when one is full of judgment." ~ Malcolm Hein
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"Growth is stepping over things you used to trip on."
~ Tiny Buddha
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"Today, do your best to use frustration and inconvenience to motivate you rather than annoy you. You are in control of the way you look at life."
~ Marc and Angel Chernoff
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"Several times a day, take in the good by really savouring a positive experience for 10 - 20 seconds or more." -- RICK HANSON
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"Self-confidence is not a form of arrogance. It is trust in our capacity to awaken. It is both the courage to face whatever life throws at us without losing equanimity, and the humility to treat every situation we encounter as one from which we can learn." ~ Stephen Batchelor
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