Comments on: Mindfulness http://www.oleoptene.com/2009/03/03/mindfulness/ A blog for Mara Collins Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:12:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Aqualaynoinna http://www.oleoptene.com/2009/03/03/mindfulness/comment-page-1/#comment-57362 Aqualaynoinna Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:57:11 +0000 http://www.oleoptene.com/?p=311#comment-57362 Thank you, I have just been looking for info about this topic for ages and yours is the best I have discovered so far. But, what about the bottom line? Are you sure about the source? <a>depuy asr recall</a> Thank you, I have just been looking for info about this topic for ages and yours is the best I have discovered so far. But, what about the bottom line? Are you sure about the source?

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]]> By: unreliable narrator http://www.oleoptene.com/2009/03/03/mindfulness/comment-page-1/#comment-5796 unreliable narrator Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:40 +0000 http://www.oleoptene.com/?p=311#comment-5796 "I notice how many times an hour my mind can suggest a meal would be a really great idea right now. So I work on not suppressing the thought, but treating it like my four-year-old, yes, honey, that would be nice, but right now we’re fasting, alright?" This, unsurprisingly, is pretty much the exact mental pattern reported by the Brujo during the most active part of the quitting-smoking process. Only for hour, substitute "minute." Which is, you know, probably true for you too, and you're just being modest. ROCK ON WID YO BAD SELF. “I notice how many times an hour my mind can suggest a meal would be a really great idea right now. So I work on not suppressing the thought, but treating it like my four-year-old, yes, honey, that would be nice, but right now we’re fasting, alright?”

This, unsurprisingly, is pretty much the exact mental pattern reported by the Brujo during the most active part of the quitting-smoking process. Only for hour, substitute “minute.” Which is, you know, probably true for you too, and you’re just being modest.

ROCK ON WID YO BAD SELF.

]]> By: jenny http://www.oleoptene.com/2009/03/03/mindfulness/comment-page-1/#comment-5684 jenny Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:04:34 +0000 http://www.oleoptene.com/?p=311#comment-5684 Three days into this no sugar thing and frankly I am stunned that you can string words together to make a coherent sentence let alone this beautiful piece of writing on mindfulness. Thank you - you've helped me to remember that I don't have to do this on my own will power, and that there are so many gifts to be found in the giving up of things. That's all I can muster up to say in the raw ball of nerves that I am without my usual sugar fix. Love you. Three days into this no sugar thing and frankly I am stunned that you can string words together to make a coherent sentence let alone this beautiful piece of writing on mindfulness. Thank you – you’ve helped me to remember that I don’t have to do this on my own will power, and that there are so many gifts to be found in the giving up of things. That’s all I can muster up to say in the raw ball of nerves that I am without my usual sugar fix. Love you.

]]> By: Dana http://www.oleoptene.com/2009/03/03/mindfulness/comment-page-1/#comment-5679 Dana Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:04:17 +0000 http://www.oleoptene.com/?p=311#comment-5679 Mara--lovely, lovely post, esp. regarding both anger and mindfulness. Also, I could really clearly hear your voice particularly--I mean, your real voice, timbre and tone--as I read this. There is a mindfulness to the writing, a spaciousness, I think, that is really...just nice. To both of my girlfriends, on opposite sides of the Pacific (nice how that word relates, conjures its own meaning)--happy fasting! Mara–lovely, lovely post, esp. regarding both anger and mindfulness. Also, I could really clearly hear your voice particularly–I mean, your real voice, timbre and tone–as I read this. There is a mindfulness to the writing, a spaciousness, I think, that is really…just nice.

To both of my girlfriends, on opposite sides of the Pacific (nice how that word relates, conjures its own meaning)–happy fasting!

]]> By: lara http://www.oleoptene.com/2009/03/03/mindfulness/comment-page-1/#comment-5645 lara Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:38:10 +0000 http://www.oleoptene.com/?p=311#comment-5645 I went to sleep (extremely early btw!) last night with thoughts about education that your previous post stirred up in me. My experiences teaching in the public elementary school this past year, all my own mixed feelings about my kids experiences in the Japanese school system, musings on my own childhood, and also echoes of Baha'u'llah's words that the most important knowledge is the knowledge of "that which leads to abasement, and that which leads to glory"... The first days of the fast have been hard for me too, but as you say, I am thankful for the opportunity to practice mindfulness. I went to sleep (extremely early btw!) last night with thoughts about education that your previous post stirred up in me. My experiences teaching in the public elementary school this past year, all my own mixed feelings about my kids experiences in the Japanese school system, musings on my own childhood, and also echoes of Baha’u'llah’s words that the most important knowledge is the knowledge of “that which leads to abasement, and that which leads to glory”… The first days of the fast have been hard for me too, but as you say, I am thankful for the opportunity to practice mindfulness.

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