Comments on: Mindfulness http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/ Writing in all its forms Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Sandra http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/#comment-51 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:32:01 +0000 http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/#comment-51 Elizabeth, thanks for mentioning this. I finally saw <i>The Aviator</i> a few weeks ago and saw Dr. Schwartz on one of the special features talking about OCD. When they got to the part where one of his patients was talking about mindfulness, my Buddhist-meditation-practising dSO got up and went to the doctor's web site to print off a bunch of information for a mildly OCD buddy of ours. Fascinating how it all works, isn't it? And yet this scattering of thoughts goes on all the time in our minds -- OCD or not -- and "creates" our experience. What's been interesting to me as I practice mindfulness is that what goes on in my head isn't what's "real." It's what my brain thinks is real. Practicing mindfulness "lifts the veil," so to speak. Elizabeth, thanks for mentioning this. I finally saw The Aviator a few weeks ago and saw Dr. Schwartz on one of the special features talking about OCD. When they got to the part where one of his patients was talking about mindfulness, my Buddhist-meditation-practising dSO got up and went to the doctor’s web site to print off a bunch of information for a mildly OCD buddy of ours.

Fascinating how it all works, isn’t it?

And yet this scattering of thoughts goes on all the time in our minds — OCD or not — and “creates” our experience. What’s been interesting to me as I practice mindfulness is that what goes on in my head isn’t what’s “real.” It’s what my brain thinks is real. Practicing mindfulness “lifts the veil,” so to speak.

]]> by: Elizabeth http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/#comment-50 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:42:34 +0000 http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/#comment-50 Hi Sandra, You might be interested in a book called "Brain Lock - free yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior" by Jeffrey M. Schawarts, MD. I have a very similar "mind" issue as yours and I didn't know that this was a form of brain lock, where the mind wanders all over the place. Now when my mind begins to wander: I tell myself to: Re-focus & re-direct the energy & thought. The quality of life has improve tremendously. My mind is quiet, I'm clamer. I can't really explain it, you'd have to experience it for your self in order to understand. I also use the techniques from "Creative Imagery" by William Fezler, Ph.D, in conjuction with "Brain Lock". Good luck & happy mindfulness Hi Sandra, You might be interested in a book called “Brain Lock - free yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior” by Jeffrey M. Schawarts, MD. I have a very similar “mind” issue as yours and I didn’t know that this was a form of brain lock, where the mind wanders all over the place. Now when my mind begins to wander: I tell myself to: Re-focus & re-direct the energy & thought. The quality of life has improve tremendously. My mind is quiet, I’m clamer. I can’t really explain it, you’d have to experience it for your self in order to understand. I also use the techniques from “Creative Imagery” by William Fezler, Ph.D, in conjuction with “Brain Lock”. Good luck & happy mindfulness

]]> by: Sandra http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/#comment-46 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:03:34 +0000 http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/#comment-46 Hey Erica! Thanks for stopping by. I've been hanging out on Buddhanet.net a bit these days and finally picked up a book on meditation by Dr. Thynne Thynne. I don't know if you've read Stephen Batchelor's <i>Buddhism Without Beliefs</i>, but he writes that the hardest thing to do is to remember to remember to remember.... Too true! Hey Erica! Thanks for stopping by. I’ve been hanging out on Buddhanet.net a bit these days and finally picked up a book on meditation by Dr. Thynne Thynne. I don’t know if you’ve read Stephen Batchelor’s Buddhism Without Beliefs, but he writes that the hardest thing to do is to remember to remember to remember…. Too true!

]]> by: Erica Orloff http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/#comment-45 Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:20:33 +0000 http://www.sandrakmoore.com/blog/2005/10/mindfulness/#comment-45 Hi Sandra: Popped by to visit your blog . . . Loved what you had to say about mindfulness. Part of being a Buddhist is practicing mindfulness, and I am constantly amazed at how much, try as I might, I live in the future. I don't dwell on the past too much--I've learned to let go. But worrying about the future is still something I do a lot. And when I am writing, I, too, am "in the moment." I suppose for some people, scaling a mountain or extreme sports or things like that help them focus on the now . . . but for me, it's writing. Hi Sandra:
Popped by to visit your blog . . . Loved what you had to say about mindfulness. Part of being a Buddhist is practicing mindfulness, and I am constantly amazed at how much, try as I might, I live in the future. I don’t dwell on the past too much–I’ve learned to let go. But worrying about the future is still something I do a lot. And when I am writing, I, too, am “in the moment.” I suppose for some people, scaling a mountain or extreme sports or things like that help them focus on the now . . . but for me, it’s writing.

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