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]

" Mindfulness, at its core, is about disrupting habits - especially bad habits."  -  Sam Littlefair

[PartTimeBrewer]

"Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human"  -  Lama Surya Das

[Westerly_2]

Thank you. I am liking all this mindfulness. I go here every day.

[PartTimeBrewer]

I appreciate your kind words

[PartTimeBrewer]

"One thing to understand is that our beliefs are rarely based solely on facts and evidence, but rather our interpretation of facts and evidence."  -  Steven Handel

[PartTimeBrewer]

Remember that your judging thoughts are just thoughts, and you don't have to listen to them.

[PartTimeBrewer]

"The mind adds memories, fantasies and assumptions to reality, making it harder to deal with reality in the best possible way."  -  #mindfulness

[PartTimeBrewer]

"The soundest fact may fail or prevail in the style of its telling."  =  Ursula K. Le Guin

[Angharad]

[PartTimeBrewer]

Indeed it is!

[PartTimeBrewer]

“But there is no reason to live and no limit to our miseries if we let our fears predominate.”—Seneca, Moral Letters 13.12b

[PartTimeBrewer]

You will never be free until  you free yourself from the prison of your own false thoughts.