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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"I've learned so much from my mistakes, I think I'm gonna go out there and make some more." ~ Anonymous
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"My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others." ~ Gerry Spence
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I regard tolerance highly because I know my experiences are different from those of others. Whenever I start to feel intolerant of another person I ask myself if I am being harmed by this person's views. If so, I will allow myself to disagree. But mostly the answer is no, and it is just easier to agree to disagree. Taking the time to ask this question instead of just reacting is being mindful. It avoids unnecessary conflict.
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"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting." ~ Joyce Meyer
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Mindfulness reminds me to hesitate before I react thoughtlessly to a situation. Taking a moment to contemplate a response puts me into the waiting mode. But keeping a good attitude? That's still a project. Yet, as long as I focus on mindful principles, I can see the value, at least intellectually. My intention is to directly face off with the emotional aspects.
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"Anytime you are in a pattern that produces unhappiness, you will continue in that pattern until you learn the obvious lesson in it." ~ Camden Benares
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"The middle path is the way to wisdom." ~ Rumi
The Buddha based his program on what he called the Middle Way.
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For instance, how do I respond to making a mistake? One extreme would be to list excuses and build a case that it wasn't my fault. OK, sometimes there is no way of knowing outcomes, but if it is a real mistake, maybe I would better learn from it by acknowledging some culpability. But that can be a slippery slope to the other extreme.. I won't learn anything on a self abusive guilt trip either. The middle path is the way to wisdom.
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"We're so quick to go to make things black and white, and to put things in their box. But everything is this mixture, and that's what this world is, is this blend of different things."" ~ Mitisyahu
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"When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white." ~ Patricia Sun
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The natural response of the old timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside and sinners outside the wall." ~ Mary Douglas
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Consider grey as a metaphor for the Middle Way. (OK now you can make the pop culture jokes.)
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