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by amb3542
Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:25 am
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Jon Kabat-Zinn
Replies: 19
Views: 12748

Re: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Yeah. It was. I didn't quite understand everything he was saying when I saw it but part of me was so drawn to how he explained it. I understood how mindless I really am about stuff. I didn't know it was possible to actually "work on" being more mindful and aware of your thoughts and surrou...
by amb3542
Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:29 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Jon Kabat-Zinn
Replies: 19
Views: 12748

Re: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Jon that's the first video I ever watched on mindfulness. That's pretty much what got me started on mindfulness
by amb3542
Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:38 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Jon Kabat-Zinn
Replies: 19
Views: 12748

Re: Jon Kabat-Zinn

I really like the chapter in Wherever You Go There you are where he covers "Coming out of Meditation" and says that "all endings are also beginnings, that what is most important, in the words of the Diamond Sutra is to "Develop a Mind That Clings to Nothing". This really sum...
by amb3542
Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:33 am
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Jon Kabat-Zinn
Replies: 19
Views: 12748

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Hi everybody! I'm pretty new to this discussion board, and mindfulness in general for that matter, but I thought I'd start a new topic. I'm reading "Wherever You Go There You Are" by Jon Kabat-Zinn and I was wondering if anyone can share their favorite piece of advice they have seen or rea...
by amb3542
Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:00 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Awareness of 'different' selves
Replies: 15
Views: 7598

Re: Awareness of 'different' selves

Hi everyone. This is my first post, but I was pretty excited when I seen what this topic was about. I have experienced that feeling too, but I thought it might have been just in my head or something my mind made up because of a preconceived notion that meditation equals peace and tranquility. I'm ve...