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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Permalink Reply by PartTimeBrewer on
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Wait,....What? I guess I understand that. I'm still confused, but it's OK.
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"Use every distraction as an object of meditation and they cease to be distractions." ~ Mingyur Rinpoche
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If I tried to meditate on every distraction, I would have no time for anything else, but I will admit, sometimes a little neutral observation can decrease the annoyance level of an unwanted intrusion.
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Slowing down to watch my thoughts, I can see that many arise from Love, many from Fear, many from other emotional sources. I realize that I can't really stop them from arising, but I can select which ones I would allow to persist.
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"All the happiness in the world
stems from wanting others to be happy,
and all the suffering in the world
stems from wanting the seal to be happy.
~ Shantideva
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Sometimes my mind is like a curious puppy, roaming around sticking it's nose into everything. Sometimes it's like a chattering monkey, oh just shut up. Paying attention to these mental processes helps identify when to reign them in. I just encountered another metaphor. The mind can be like a spoiled rich kid that always gets what it wants. You don't always have to indulge it. Sometimes it's good to want.
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"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out." ~ Art Linkletter
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I need to stop finding fault with the current state of affairs of my life. It is what it is. And really, I do have a lot to be grateful for. I am working on just letting go of the urge to view life from the perspective of what might have been and embrace what is, as mine.
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"I may have not gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams
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There are a lot of metaphors for life; bowl of cherries, box of chocolates, etc. I just encountered another that speaks to me (thank you Timber Hawkeye.) Life is like a cake, one you bake anew each day. You select the ingredients; love, fear, gratitude, anger, etc. The ingredients need to balance. Your cake can have insufficient sugar, or even too much and overwhelm the rest. And you can't fix a bitter recipe with just more icing.
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"If we always do what we're always done, we will always be who we've always been." ~ Anon.
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Working on simplifying my life today. I am remembering what it was like to be able to pack everything I owned into one car. I'm sure my problems were just as big then, but I have lost a sense of freedom; tied down by my attachment to materialism.
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