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by Sally2012
Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:16 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Awareness of 'different' selves
Replies: 15
Views: 7570

Re: Awareness of 'different' selves

Hello everyone, Thanks for your replies. I've taken a little while to respond because one of my 'habit breakers' last week was to not log on to my computer over Christmas - a behaviour I've acquired over the last 10+ years! You know, these spiritual, for want of a better word, experiences were very ...
by Sally2012
Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:16 am
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Awareness of 'different' selves
Replies: 15
Views: 7570

Awareness of 'different' selves

Hello everyone, I'm only a couple of weeks into mindfulness meditation and am finding it very helpful for controlling anxiety. But there's one aspect of it that I'm finding a bit spooky. So the idea of mindfulness meditation is that 'I' start to notice that 'I' am not my thoughts or my emotions. I h...
by Sally2012
Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:29 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: A question about pleasant thoughts
Replies: 11
Views: 6735

Re: A question about pleasant thoughts

This helped me too! I started with Williams and Penman's book last week and have found it instantly helpful in soothing my anxiety. But yesterday I went off daydreaming and fantasising about getting a new job and moving to a new area, which was quite pleasant at the time but certainly not mindful! T...