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- Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:11 pm
- Forum: Mindfulness Resources
- Topic: My Problem with 'Clarity'
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2562
My Problem with 'Clarity'
'Clarity' by Jamie Smart has absolutely nothing to do with mindfulness! It is marketed as a 'self-help' book alongside all the others, with a 'brand new' way of thinking (he calls his 'new' system a 'paradigm shift in the Kuhnian sense'). However, let's talk about the content: He says that everybody...
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:00 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: A brand new site is coming.
- Replies: 47
- Views: 24235
Re: A brand new site is coming.
Just call it "Mindfulness Forum"
Excellent for Google and it is descriptive. No need for a fancy name that doesn't describe what the site actually is
Excellent for Google and it is descriptive. No need for a fancy name that doesn't describe what the site actually is
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:40 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: A question about pleasant thoughts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6730
Re: A question about pleasant thoughts
I'm glad to have answers for this too - at least possible answers. Because I wondered the exact same thing!
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:55 pm
- Forum: General discussions
- Topic: Are you religious?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11817
Are you religious?
Maybe you're a deist, a theist, agnostic, vaguely spiritual, or so on...?
Personally I am an atheist - how about you?
Has practising mindfulness made you question any of your previously held convictions about spirituality and religion?
Personally I am an atheist - how about you?
Has practising mindfulness made you question any of your previously held convictions about spirituality and religion?
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:53 pm
- Forum: Mindfulness & Me
- Topic: Trying Tai Chi
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5998
Re: Trying Tai Chi
There are 168 hours in a week. If you go to two, 1 hour, classes, that still leaves 166 hours in which you are doing 'anti-tai chi' - since the body mechanics and skills need to be ingrained fully into everyday living, obviously, you need stuff to be working on at home! Hi, I like your post. Saying...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:46 pm
- Forum: Mindfulness & Me
- Topic: What actually is Mindfulness?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3573
Re: What actually is Mindfulness?
I LOVE your post pranna! We can hardly stay with a full in-and-out breath without the mind commenting, judging, liking, disliking, singing, wandering, planning, remembering, organizing, clinging, rejecting, fighting and desiring. Interestingly, I thought I was the only one that did this before I sta...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:40 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Awareness of 'different' selves
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7568
Re: Awareness of 'different' selves
Very philosophical. Yes, who is "I" and am "I" pushing "my" thoughts away from "me"? Incredibly complex and I do know what you mean. Probably best to just focus on the breath again lol! :lol: An example of the thought stream might be something like this: One o...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:39 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: How to Train an Elephant (book)
- Replies: 255
- Views: 87813
Re: How to Train an Elephant (book)
One day I was standing at a bus stop and suddenly became aware of this noise. I couldn't work out where it was coming from or what it was. This sort of stunned me because it wasn't something I had really experienced before. Slowly I realised it was the sound of hanging branches in the graveyard nex...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:34 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Sitting with Intense Emotions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7412
Re: Sitting with Intense Emotions
For me the most important thing is... Notice the tendency to push feelings away. Notice your desire to detach from them and pretend they're not there. And allow yourself to be okay with that; to accept it. And if you find it hard to accept it, notice that, too, and have sympathy with yourself about ...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:26 pm
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: First timer!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3830
Re: First timer!
Do this each and every time and NEVER criticise yourself. That's the damaging part. ...and when you do criticize yourself, be kind to yourself about it and notice that you became aware of it before returning to the present moment :D Just at every moment, returning to the present, returning to sympa...