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              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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"The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."  ~  Henri Bergson

"You see what you are looking for"  ~  Story Waters

"The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing."  ~  Publilius Syrus

There is no difference between what is seen and the mind that sees it."  ~  Mingyur Rinpoche

I think i'm in a rut here.

"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million."  ~  Bernie Siegel

OK, still the same theme. But it's important.

I am currently reading an ebook entitled Happiness and Other Small Things of Absolute Importance by Haim Shapira. In it, the author asks the reader to consider two contrasting views of life: 1.)"Life is a miracle, the most wonderful thing imaginable." and 2.)"Life is misery, a futile interruption of the blessed peace of nothing." I'm sure we have all known people who seemed to exemplify both of these statements but is it possible for the same, one person to relate to both of these extremes, at different times, without being diagnosed as bipolar? I know that I have.

Mindfulness teaches me that these are only thoughts that just come and go. thoughts that represent interpretations of emotions which likewise just come and go. No matter which end of the pendulum I am experiencing, if I can remember that "This too will pass." then I have the equanimity that smooths my path.

"There is no point in fighting the storm or willing it to pass sooner. The storm takes the time it takes."  ~  Julia Cameron

"The stories you tell yourself create a 'you' that is not true."  ~  Brian Thompson

"For the benefit of the roses, we water the thorns too."  ~  Kari Hohne

Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.

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