Blessed2 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 In the past there has been a lot of self-judgemental thoughts. There still is, but I can take a different path. "I have a monkey mind and I should meditate every day to fix it." "I should fix my breathing." "I should fix my diet." "I should do the emotional scale." etc. Before I used to take those thoughts seriously. I would feel stressed out, try to meditate, try to read a book about correct breathing and diet, try to do the scale. A ton of discord. But now I take a different path. The thought comes. I notice the stress and upset. I notice the judgement "should" and "shouldn't". I notice the belief. I may notice myself googling or reading, trying to fix the problem, trying to do "what I should do", trying to climb the mountain. But I listen to the discord. I notice it is a belief. "I have monkey mind" is a thought. I allow myself to be. I allow the "failure" and "shortcoming" to be. Weirdly enough, awareness returns to here-now. Quote Mention There must be an effortless way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed2 Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 Oop, wrong sub I guess. Mods may move this to celebrating & sharing. Quote Mention There must be an effortless way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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