Everyday Mindfulness

Hi chatterbox9056 What would you like to know? I'm happy to share more if you give me an idea what you would like to talk about. Or if you think it more appropriate off the forum, then feel free to PM me. Mindfulness is making a huge difference for me - I'm doing a lot better than I was while in the...

I just want to say a big thank you for setting up this thread and the other ones on this book. You inspired me to buy the book and I've been reading it this morning and already learnt a ton. It's just brilliant how they show with brain science what is happening with meditation vs avoidance of sympto...

I've been exploring the threads on the peace in a frantic world book, and came across a link a teacher posted to a meditation on working with difficulties. I like the way the 20 minute practice guides you into a centered place from which to explore, and then guides you into the difficult sensations ...

Jackie - seems to me that you did the most compassionate thing you could. Even my meditation teacher says that if sitting with the pain or difficult state is unproductive, to do something else! Janey - Isn't trying to go from being at war with the pain to being at peace with it a bit of a stretch? I...

Janey - I never had any success in the past. The key seems to be when you can shift to a stance of being there for the pain, rather than being with it to try to make it go away. I never realised I was doing the later til it shifted and felt so different. That tip of Thich Nhat Hanh's worked so well ...

Hi Janey Thanks for taking the time to respond to my posting. :0) I've actually just been sitting with the intro to JOT to decide what to do. When I read the following, the way forward was very clear for me: Rick writes: "There are three fundamental phases to psychological and spiritual growth:...

That's brilliant Gareth. It is so empowering isn't it, to be able to bring awareness to something that in the past was 100% horrible, and increase our ability to be with it in a more accepting way.

Betty

I am really starting to understand how important mindfulness is. To be able to simply stay with what is arising without judgment and with compassion is huge. Yesterday I had a huge trauma trigger which led to the flashing lights warning of an oncoming migraine. Normally the pain is really bad follow...

Well Janey it seems that I've been very lacking in mindfulness and operating on an invalid assumption. You were obviously a lot more mindful with this than me right from the start. In re-reading the intro to the book on your suggestion, I've realised that I've been reading it to date through a massi...

In an interesting start to this topic, I read the chapter in the aftermath of a major flashback this morning, the after effects of which meant I had to cancel the visit I had planned this morning. Following the suggestions in the chapter helped me to see that the people I had to cancel on were most ...