Mindfulness

[PartTimeBrewer]

              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.

[PartTimeBrewer]

That it does, it works.

[PartTimeBrewer]

"The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us. Once enemies, they become friends."  ~  Bokar Rinpoche

[PartTimeBrewer]

"When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" With every thought that comes by."  ~  Ajahn Chah

[Aggie]

It's better to be a has-been than a never-was.

[PartTimeBrewer]

"You can not find peace by avoiding life."  ~  Virginia Woolf

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"We crucify ourselves between two thieves, regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow."  ~  Rev. Run (Joseph Simmons of Run - D.M.C.)

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"Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else, it's about being where you are and knowing it."  ~  Jon Kabat-Zinn

[PartTimeBrewer]

"After enlightenment, laundry."  ~  Zen proverb

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"When you ask a question and there is no answer, that is the answer."  ~  Haemin Sunim

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"Real practice has no purpose or direction, so it can include everything that comes."  ~  Shunryu Suzuki

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"Who are you when you're not playing the game? When you've got nothing to sell, and no one to impress?  Who are you when it's quiet outside? When it's just you, in a chair, and the sensation of your breath? Who are you then?"  ~  Jason Garner

[Westerly_2]

I can apply this one. Thanks.