Dear Friends,
Today I have received a mail which I felt suitable for most of us....It is not a pure traditional zen practices, though the writer create his blog in the name of Zen Habits. Sometimes, he shared some techniques which worth to experiment
For your convenience I have pasted the same here below instead of giving the link
Today I have received a mail which I felt suitable for most of us....It is not a pure traditional zen practices, though the writer create his blog in the name of Zen Habits. Sometimes, he shared some techniques which worth to experiment
For your convenience I have pasted the same here below instead of giving the link
Posted: 16 May 2016 12:35 PM PDT
By Leo BabautaWe are, all of us, amazing at avoiding things.Our minds are less “thinking machines” than they are “avoiding machines.” And the incredible thing is that we aren’t even usually aware that we’re avoiding thinking about something. I’ll give you a few examples:
Try this right now: pause for a minute and think about what difficulty you’re avoiding thinking about right now. You will either notice a difficulty you don’t like, or your mind will quickly turn to doing something else before the minute is up. What you’ve done is part of what I call the Face Everything Technique … which I’ll explain in a minute, after we talk about why avoiding everything is an ineffective strategy. Avoidance Doesn’t WorkOur minds want to run from whatever discomfort, pain, difficulty we’re facing … and this is a good strategy for temporarily not having to deal with difficulty and pain. So in the present moment, we might feel some temporary relief.But what it does is relegate us to a life of running. A life of distraction and never facing what ails us. We keep ourselves busy, but never learn to deal with what’s inside us, what’s in front of us. This means we are at the mercy of our fears, of our discomforts. We are like little children who don’t want to do any hard work, but want the latest shiny fun thing. This results in not working on the important work (or at least putting it off until it starts to get painful). The same is true of exercise, healthy eating, finances, clutter, relationships, and more. In the end, we usually have to deal with these things, but they’ve just gotten worse. It would have been better to face them early on, when they weren’t such a big deal. The Face Everything TechniqueThis technique is based on the idea that it’s better to be aware of things, and to deal with them like an adult, instead of running.And if we do, none of it’s that big of a deal. Here’s how it works:
You might have the urge to dismiss this article, to avoid practicing this technique. That too is avoidance, and I urge you to face it this moment.
Have a great time ahead
RG
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