TBD

TBD on Ning

              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.

Views: 5988

Replies to This Discussion

"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." - The Buddha

Don't try to empty your mind, just watch it.

"For fast acting relief, slow down."  -  Lily Tomlin

"I've experienced many terrible things in my life...Only a few of which actually ever happened."  -  Mark Twain

The mind is like a suggestion box, always throwing up new thoughts and ideas, some good, some not so much. I don't have to act on them all. With some discernment I can veto the really stupid ones. But I have to be paying full attention, lest some half-baked thought slips thru into a thoughtless action and I am in damage control.

Wow--how serendipitous is this? I stopped by and you had just posted 15 seconds before.

I fully agree. Half-baked ideas R I--or perhaps ill-thought out fully-baked ideas. I grab an idea and worry it to death like a dog with a favorite chew toy. I subject it to laser focus and pull it apart, examine it, work on the minute details, learn everything there is to learn about it, until I am totally saturated and the balloon pops. Once I lose interest in something, I very seldom get it back.

As an example, I just spent all evening creating Haida-style designs for a messenger bag I was designing. Of course, I had to read all about Haida culture (I already knew a bit), religion, mythology, etc. to lend an air of authenticity to the designs while avoiding making a cultural faux pas. Why? Because the idea popped into my mind.

So, thanks for the (mindful) reminder, PTB.

"A disciplined mind brings happiness" --Shakyamuni Buddha

Your brain presents you with thousands of thoughts everyday. Getting involved with all of them is very tiring and stressful.

You're so right.

"Riding the Ox in search of the Ox" is a Zen description of a person searching for Enlightenment. It's not that you can't ever find Enlightenment, but that you must cease looking for it "somewhere over the rainbow" and realize that you are already immersed in it.

Heavy with remorse

Anxious as to tomorrow

Alive in the Now

Wonderful! 

For those of us with ADD.

Buddhists claim wisdom's a pearl.

Meditation, I thought to give it a whirl.

It's easy, they say,

like children at play.

I'll try...Oh look, there's a squirrel.

RSS

Badge

Loading…

© 2024   Created by Aggie.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service