another Moment from ole Sam
"Take a moment to marvel at the power of thought. Even the happiest person is never more than a thought away from being miserable. And the most miserable is never more than a thought away from being happy. Perhaps it's time to recognize that there will be no peace in your mind until you break this spell that thought casts over everything in your life."
Glad this thread still active
this morning during a meditation i once again caught myself thinking
but then i tried to look for the catcher and i found nothing, there was only the experience of catching
Notice your relationship to time. In particular notice how much your happiness seems to depend on looking forward to things. To meeting your goals, to the next event on the calendar where you expect to have fun, to the drink you'll have with dinner. To anything that isn't right here in this moment.
Now, there's nothing wrong with planning for the future, of course. But this habit of living for the future is pernicious. It's the very posture and practice of dissatisfaction and it robs the present moment of its reality. Which is quite a trick in fact because the present is the only reality.
So whatever the character of your experience at the moment, please take this timeless admonition to heart: do not live for the future.
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finally said f*** it and decided to meditate for the first time
did a 10 minute guided meditation on youtube and legit feel more calm, more light
finally said f*** it and decided to meditate for the first time
did a 10 minute guided meditation on youtube and legit feel more calm, more light
I'm getting back into the habit of doing this every day. I've been ramping it up from once a week to every other day. But, this is benefiting me so much, I'm going to do it every day just to collect myself and become more aware of everything around me and inside of me.
starting to glimpse that feeling of headlessness