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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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But I also subscribe to: "Being is never enough if you neglect Doing."  ~  Me

"Pursue not the outer entanglements

Dwell not in the inner void

Be serene in the oneness of things

and dualism vanishes by itself." 

~  Sencan

It's a yin yang thing.

"If I weep and wail, that shows that I do not understand the laws of nature."  ~  Zhuangzi

"You have to realize fear as the starting point of fearlessness."  ~  Chogyam Trungpa

"It's time to unlearn the things you learned from wounded people."  ~  Tiny Buddha

"Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons."  ~  Chogyam Trungpa

"Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future."  ~  Fulton Oursler

"Start where you are. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we can not be in touch with our life."  ~  Thich Nhat Hanh

"You are welcome here. Here you belong. Here you are enough."  ~  Jason Garner

"Don't be afraid of losing people. Be afraid of losing yourself trying to please everyone around you."  Unknown

Advice that is easier to apply while being honestly aware of one's own mental processes.

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