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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Permalink Reply by PartTimeBrewer on
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"The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." ~ Henri Bergson
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Expand your mind to expand your field of vision.
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"When you can't change the direction of the wind - adjust your sails." ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Permalink Reply by Westerly_2 on
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I love this. Thank you.
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Thank you for the feedback.
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"Words are the fog one has to see through." ~ Zen saying
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When we suffer, notice our suffering is often made of thoughts. As our own inner commentary ceases, notice the suffering stops too." Garmin Sunim
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Not saying all of my pain is due to my verbal narrative, just the extra unnecessary suffering. Another Zen saying: "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional".
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Incidentally, the proper credit for the above quote is Haemin Sunim, not Garmin. Autocorrect strikes again.
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"Freeing oneself from words is liberation." ~ Bodhidharma
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"There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free." ~ Ajah Chah
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feel it.
the thing that you don't want to feel.
feel it.
and be free.
~ nayirrah waheed
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