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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"We should not be afraid of suffering. We should only be afraid of one thing, and that is not knowing how to deal with our suffering."
❖ Thich Nhat Hanh -
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"The constant search for control that is never fully available can lead us to feel ever more out of control. Learn how to flow with life instead."
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If nothing else, 2020 reminds us of the futility of the illusion of control.
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"If you could erase all the mistakes of your past, you would also erase all of the wisdom of your present. Remember the lesson, not the disappointment." ~ Tiny Buddha
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"Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Even though you want to run. Even when it's heavy and difficult. Even though you're not quite sure of the way through. Healing happens by feeling." ~ Dr. Rebecca Ray
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"A sense of impermanence has to be felt and experienced. If we understand it truly, we will handle all our tribulations far better."
❖ Traleg Kyabgon -
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"It is better to be uncomfortable and grow than to remain comfortable and stagnate." ~ Daily Zen
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"Right here, I thought, right now, is where the suffering arises. Between the sound and the projection, between things as-they-are and things as-we-want-them-to-be. This is what the Buddha taught: To misperceive reality is to suffer."
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"When we reach out to what is unknown to us, we let go of the notion that we can control what we experience."
❖ Ken McLeod -
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"The notion of enlightenment means, "not bound". Not bound to what? Not bound to one's own mind in ordinary ways; not bound in confusion to all the suffering that one's mind has produced and is experiencing." ❖ Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
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"Train your mind the same way you'd train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way."
— Jack Kornfield
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"Life is a whole journey of meeting your edge again and again." ~ Pema Chidron
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