Everyday Mindfulness

Thank you all for your helpfull replies, and yes i have come to the conclusion, stick to mindfulness and keep it simple. I have only been doing the practice for a couple of months, but within weeks, i couldn't believe how the ruminations stopped and my mind was so calm and uncluttered, it is enough ...

Thanks Mick, i will take a look : )

Thanks for reply Skywalker, i just thought, with Mindfulness you are not meant to get anwhere or acheive anything by it, just be and accept, so maybe some affirmations are a bit like wanting things you don't have, but i have also read that affrimations don't necessarily work if used too often, the m...

I was going to perform one or more 'affirmation' meditations, you know things like," i am worthy to have goodness in my life, i am confident in the person i am becoming, life presents to me joyous cercumstances" etc, i just wondered if affirmations are classed as 'striving' ?

Hi Gareth, it's Mindfulness, a practical guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World, by Mark Williams & Danny Penman.

Hi all, i should be on chapter 10 'Trapped in the Past' but i have had some difficulty, ironically with chapter 9 'turning towards difficulties' . my first concern is, as soon as i start to meditate, all those thoughts that are supposed to be floating around ready to be 'looked at', disappear, and s...

Thank you Mr BlueSky, i think trying to be mindfull all day is maybe a bit too much for me at this stage, i will have to let my mind have 'time off' now and then lol : )

Thank you Jon, yes i think initailley i was blocking the thoughts, but now i am at the stage of observing the feelings they generate and just allowing them to be what they are till they calmly subside. I have a long way to go with this, but it has been a great help to me so far, even at this early s...

Thank you for your reply Kathleen, and yes your right, the brain fuzz has been turned down, and maybe i'm mistaking the calm for numbness, and i could be practicing a bit too hard maybe lol, but i shall continue and see what happens in the next 4 lessons.

Hi all, this is my first posting, forgive me if this is a FAQ. I am currently on week 4 of the 8 week 'Finding peace in a frantic world' course, and coming from a state of bad incident/depression i am finding it both easy ( which is worrying lol) and very helpfull indeed, mainly in that it has stopp...