Anxiety comes in many forms. According to the National Institute of Mental Health as many as 40 million Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder (source, and more info here). When there is a real surge of anxiety, the afflicted person can end up virtually non-functional. The mental activity tends to go in a dangerous spiraling [...]
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Anxious to live life meaningfully, mindfully
Posted by sharanam on June 21, 2010
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/anxious-to-live-life-meaningfully-mindfully/
Awareness for daily life
Awareness is your refuge: Awareness of the changingness of feelings, of attitudes, of moods, of material change and emotional change: Stay with that, because it’s a refuge that is indestructible. It’s not something that changes. It’s a refuge you can trust in. This refuge is not something that you create. It’s not a creation. It’s [...]
Posted by sharanam on June 2, 2010
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/awareness-for-daily-life/
Mindfulness tools for dealing with emotional and physical pain
Like many women and quite a few meditators (including a young S.N. Goenka), I suffer from migraines. These severe headaches are not all that well understood in the medical community and are often extremely difficult to treat through either allopathic or homeopathic means. Fortunately, through the practice, I have found that mindfulness meditation offers some [...]
Posted by sharanam on May 24, 2010
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/mindfulness-tools-for-dealing-with-emotional-and-physical-pain/
The Internet is a perennial source of dukkha
Has any person ever not had the thought, at one point or another, “Wow, I wish I hadn’t said that.”? Or felt remorse after sending an email? I think it’s a pretty common human experience to not always speak or write as wisely as we might like upon reflection. I know I’ve certainly had my [...]
Posted by sharanam on January 7, 2010
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/the-internet-is-a-perennial-source-of-dukkha-2/
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