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Are people at peace with 'where they are at' spiritually?
The new year of 2010
It's crazy how fast time goes and you don't end up doing half the things you think you want too!!
Nevertheless, have put up a new question - I'm keen for some thoughts, feeling quite stale in the spiritual pondering lately. Have just been cruising and enjoying life ( which is also good - don't get me wrong!)
Hope you have started the year well everyone!
Amy
Nevertheless, have put up a new question - I'm keen for some thoughts, feeling quite stale in the spiritual pondering lately. Have just been cruising and enjoying life ( which is also good - don't get me wrong!)
Hope you have started the year well everyone!
Amy
Welcome to 'Things we ponder...'
Welcome everyone to this little blog we have going!
It really is a communal blog more than anything - a place to explore ideas that people having been mulling over and get some more opinions on things!
We really want it to be a place that people feel they can contribute as much as they want from a simple comment on a post or writing up an original post that will start off some discussion.
Feel free to invite others that you feel may benefit or want to be part of this kind of thing.
And please please please... just write something so we know you're there reading and thinking! :-)
It's a work in progress so chuck any ideas out there, if you have some that you think might help make this thing fly!
Amy
It really is a communal blog more than anything - a place to explore ideas that people having been mulling over and get some more opinions on things!
We really want it to be a place that people feel they can contribute as much as they want from a simple comment on a post or writing up an original post that will start off some discussion.
Feel free to invite others that you feel may benefit or want to be part of this kind of thing.
And please please please... just write something so we know you're there reading and thinking! :-)
It's a work in progress so chuck any ideas out there, if you have some that you think might help make this thing fly!
Amy
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Hi Aims and all,
Have not come across either of these terms so please enlighten me. It sounds like a concept about being 'aware' of ...... something/some person/some God?
Not sure what else to write really. :-)
I have never read or heard anything specific on mindfulness, but a couple of thoughts spring to mind (no pun intended).
One that I have often heard in Christian circles is about keeping a God consciousness in our every moment. That if we are mindful of our connection with God that can act as a filter to how we hear things, what we speak and do.
The other is about doing a practice that allows you to take time to quiet your mind and then focus consciously on the thing you want to achieve or where you want God to specifically be involved.
Christina is doing a practice at the moment involving Yoga (I think mindfulness is a big part of yoga). And I tried to do it with her the other night (tried being the operative word because I couldn't even do the first thing which was get into the "comfortable seated position"). What I found is just taking the time to concentrate on the simple things like breathing and what my body was doing, really gave me the ability to clear my mind and focus with intent on areas I want to work on in myself.
Anyway I found it really helpful, I sure a practice that involves mindfulness could be anything from taking a walk to meditative prayer.
Be interested in what you mean by mindfulness and what if anything you are doing at the moment.
Cheers Jared
I recently read a book 'The way of the Peaceful Warrior' which is kind of loosely based on kind of buddisty type ideas I suppose - but he was really big into being conscious - being super aware of almost everything really. Aware of our exsistance, our breathing, the thoughts flying through our mind, the senses that our body is experienceing like sounds we're hearing, how something feels or smells and also how we're physically feeling or emotionally feeling or whatever.... super awareness is how I interpret it.
I suppose in doing this it allows us to have a bit of room to experience life in a little bit of a different way... firstly it makes me aware of the amazing exsistance I have and how the simple things like breathing and walking are actually amazing.
Secondly on an emotional sense it feels like it somewhat removes me from my own experience and allows me to think objectively about it. Say for example - if I'm getting frustrated at something I can step back and be conscious of the frustration building and what's contributing to it and what affect that is having on me and then work to diffuse it - gives me some space to choose my reactions.
My friend Heather is reading a book on mindfulness and it seems to encourage similar ideas...comments Heather?
It's interesting about Christina's Yoga - what is your goals in doing that Christina and what outcomes have you noticed?
It definately seems to have value and I wonder if this is where our kind of traditional 'christian daily quiet time' has stemmed from - the healthiness of taking time to quiet our mind and let oursleves connect with both ourselves and God - in essense seemingwuite similar to meditation....???
Although these states seem to be encouraged asa constant way of being rather than a sit down for a setperiod of time type activity...
Hi Amy I agree about the thought of quiet times, although I find that difficult these days. Even older traditions like meditative prayer (eg praying the same thing over and over, use of rosary beads etc) I think can reap similar rewards. Also borrowing other ideas and forms of mediation and incorporating them in a Christian context can be really refreshing. J
In terms of Mindfulness as being away of the current moment we are living in, there is something my boss does which I am going to implement.
He has an alarm set for midday, every day. When it rings, it is his reminder to think about everything he has to be grateful for that morning, and everything he has achieved. It is a great way to prevent the little things from stressing us out, and appreciating the things that really matter. (It serves a double purpose of goal-setting for the rest of the day to get the most out of his time).
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