Friday, October 26, 2012

Mindfulness

How will you know that you are suffering if you are repressing your pain, rationalizing it, or busy with problem-solving?
You must allow awareness of your pain to enter in.
Being mindful is about noticing what is happening in the moment and having no judgment about it.
Notice your hurt and just be with it, compassionately and with kindness.
 Self-compassion is about being with your suffering in a kind, loving way, not about making suffering disappear.
We will always have pain.
 Suffering = Pain x Resistance.
The more you resist your pain, perhaps by trying to make it go away, the more suffering you will experience.
Mindfulness allows you to stay with the pain without the resistance.



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