Awareness, sensation and meanings of breathing When a monkey is screaming non-stop, the zookeepers try to distract him, usually with a banana or a toy. When your monkey mind is on a non-stop talkative mode, you should try to distract him and divert his attention by forcing him to focus on something else. The […]
The story of Jo and Maria JO: Jo is 40. At 6:30 am and 10 or 11 pm he brushes his teeth during 5 min...without his mind!. Of course Jo is not mindless but his mind is not where this guy is and not doing what Jo's hands are doing! While Jo's body is […]
Dealing with a negative mind All news networks executives know very well that, in order to attract viewers and income from commercials, the content of the news must be at least 70% “bad news” such as natural disasters, wars, crime, terrorism, accidents, etc. This is exactly what we are getting even […]
Suffering from “I am giving up” (Chatting with a leaf) To give up is to resign reluctantly. […]
If I focus only on expecting positive results from the outside world, I may or will never succeed for the better and be happier since many of them depend on things, events, people for which and for whom I have little or no control whatsoever. But if I focus mostly in changing myself, I may […]
The stream of thoughts The stream of our thoughts has enormous power and momentum that can easily drag you along. It is like sitting on a little kayak in the middle of a lethal white river. Our emotions are like whirlpools in which we are sucked. Every thought pretends that it is real and […]
Escaping from boredom Few days ago, feeling somewhat bored I decided to escape from boredom and write something about this negative feeling. Here is the stuff, obviously pretty boring. Definition: Boredom is a feeling of displeasure, impatience and emptiness arising out of a conflict between a constant need for significant physical and or mental […]
