Such helpful information! The idea that grounding in many moments of mindfulness is even more effective thank sitting practice is great news, though I can attest that formal meditation indeed helps dispose the mind to ground itself in the present. Thanks for spelling it out so clearly.
Thanks for the kind words! I can't recommend Dr. Brewer's work enough. He is the first person to explain mindfulness practice in a way that actually helped me understand and use it.
It's weird, that just in the last few days I was thinking about writing down some very short form texts about my life. Those 30 seconds, that somehow got etched in my memory, and the random 30 seconds, where I get out of auto-pilot(I do spend a lot of time there) and take notice of things. Probably boring, but I feel there's something fundamental hidden in those moments.
Thinking back on my life (I'm speaking like an old man while I'm only 30) I figured out that your life can really be summed up by these assortment of moments. I can even say that this is what we're born for. Reliving some of these moments, I can tell that they can reveal a whole world inside you and what you are.
All in all, I like flying in autopilot. My instincts work well enough to switch it off at the right moment(although I'm sure some things were missed). And it is great that you pointed out that doing nothing is also a choice which can be good or bad. Many people waste their lives doing nothing, 'keeping alive the possibilities' while losing it at full in the process.
Well said. In movies, we are often shown a character's entire life through a montage of clips that last only a few moments. In the same way, our most salient experiences and memories probably don't add up to very long.
ah, we Narnia fans gotta ketch up with Lewis's Screwtape Letters--yer not the first one that's mentioned their prescience....and importance in terms of insight inta how our subconscious minds are insidiously invaded! Interestin' that Wormwood is the name of the invader cuz Wormwood (aka artemisin) CURES parasites!
So what yer writin' in actin' (my metier of sorts tho' thanks ta mandates no longer so much...) is "bein' present" an' it's a MUST, not just when yer "on" but.... when ye ain't. (Erving Goffman / Presentation of Self in Everyday Life was kinda essential readin')...
All that said, have I gotta doozie fer you (re the Demon in yer brain!)--an' inside tip, Laurence Harvey had cancer when he did this an' his pain was REAL (he refused to take meds OR go on "autopilot")--it's a gem in a sometimes cheezy series!
Such helpful information! The idea that grounding in many moments of mindfulness is even more effective thank sitting practice is great news, though I can attest that formal meditation indeed helps dispose the mind to ground itself in the present. Thanks for spelling it out so clearly.
Thanks for the kind words! I can't recommend Dr. Brewer's work enough. He is the first person to explain mindfulness practice in a way that actually helped me understand and use it.
It's weird, that just in the last few days I was thinking about writing down some very short form texts about my life. Those 30 seconds, that somehow got etched in my memory, and the random 30 seconds, where I get out of auto-pilot(I do spend a lot of time there) and take notice of things. Probably boring, but I feel there's something fundamental hidden in those moments.
Thinking back on my life (I'm speaking like an old man while I'm only 30) I figured out that your life can really be summed up by these assortment of moments. I can even say that this is what we're born for. Reliving some of these moments, I can tell that they can reveal a whole world inside you and what you are.
All in all, I like flying in autopilot. My instincts work well enough to switch it off at the right moment(although I'm sure some things were missed). And it is great that you pointed out that doing nothing is also a choice which can be good or bad. Many people waste their lives doing nothing, 'keeping alive the possibilities' while losing it at full in the process.
Well said. In movies, we are often shown a character's entire life through a montage of clips that last only a few moments. In the same way, our most salient experiences and memories probably don't add up to very long.
ah, we Narnia fans gotta ketch up with Lewis's Screwtape Letters--yer not the first one that's mentioned their prescience....and importance in terms of insight inta how our subconscious minds are insidiously invaded! Interestin' that Wormwood is the name of the invader cuz Wormwood (aka artemisin) CURES parasites!
So what yer writin' in actin' (my metier of sorts tho' thanks ta mandates no longer so much...) is "bein' present" an' it's a MUST, not just when yer "on" but.... when ye ain't. (Erving Goffman / Presentation of Self in Everyday Life was kinda essential readin')...
All that said, have I gotta doozie fer you (re the Demon in yer brain!)--an' inside tip, Laurence Harvey had cancer when he did this an' his pain was REAL (he refused to take meds OR go on "autopilot")--it's a gem in a sometimes cheezy series!
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgo6g