Waking Up - A New Operating System for Your Mind
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Waking Up - A New Operating System for Your Mind
can be especially instructive to take note of those thoughts that are centered on or driven by personal pronouns, especially I, me, or mine thoughts, observing carefully how self-centered the content of those thoughts may be. How are you in relationship to those thoughts when you simply note them as thoughts in the field of awareness and don’t take
... See morewhen they start to notice the results of your practice. Most importantly, remind yourself that meditation time is your time, which you have set aside for yourself—a time free from the demands of the world. Considering how much meditation will improve your relationships with others, you shouldn’t regard it as selfish. This “personal time” will ultim
... See moreWe are used to believing all the thoughts in our mind, even when they bring us misery. By cultivating awareness grounded in compassion and wisdom, meditation helps us identify and unwind our conditioned fear, anxiety, and reactivity. We begin to distinguish thought patterns that perpetuate or intensify feelings of not belonging, and encourage those
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