Everyday Mindfulness

My dad used to do research with forest monks in Sri Lanka, and he said he would sometimes meet some Westerners who were a bit tweaked from the isolation of it all. I think this supports Melli's idea. Also, I think you can go through periods of rough spots where you might have a lot of negative energ...

Also it is where I hold emotions in compassion or speak to them. I imagine myself literally hugging the physical sensation of emotion, or I will gently have an internal conversation with it to let it know I have understood and appreciate its 'message'. After all, emotions are about helping us to int...

Yes I experience all my emotions through my body. That is where I have best understood what is happening. I heard it first from Gil Fronsdal and it has been an invaluable and intriguing tool.

Gareth wrote:Wonderful post.

Glad you're back Cheesus.

Glad to be back

I've found recently that I have a great love of poetry. Jack Kornfield has a talk on poetry and mindfulness which I will link at the bottom of this post. In it he reads a poem by Carl Sandburg, of which he says "this is meditation". It it one of my favourites so I thought it might be nice ...

Yes I used to suffer from obsessive anxieties. It's a tricky one, you think "I don't care about thinking about this" but then you sit and watch it still, to see if you do care. Then you notice you might care and think "but I thought I didn't care, I hope I don't get obsessed with this...

There's one done by meditation oasis here called Morning Energy Guided Meditation: http://www.meditationoasis.com/podcast/listen-to-podcast/ I've never tried this one, but I've also never come across a meditation by Meditation Oasis that I didn't like. I find most of the ones I have done are all ess...

Hi Egil

I had some very similar questions to you not so long ago. I got some really great answers too! Check out this thread:

http://www.everyday-mindfulness.org/for ... f=3&t=3441

I hope this helps
Alex

My libido has skyrocketed.

Gareth wrote:It annoys me how they always have a picture of somebody meditating like that. It makes this seem very new agey.

Agreed. Particularly as his knees are so high above his hips. Looks painful to me!

An interesting article though. I hope more people start meditating.