By jenny on Aug 01, 2011 with Comments 1
Good morning everyone! We just got back from getting new licenses and registration from our local DMV. I highly recommend going to the DMV early in the morning, we were in and out in 30 minutes unlike the typical 2 to 3 hour wait. Thank goodness! I?m going to head out for a run as soon as my Garmin charges so that I can beat the heat,?unlike yesterday.?Before I leave, I wanted to share a short meditation from one of my favorite books Saying Yes to Life (Even the Hard Parts.)
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This particular mediation focuses on self-observation, which is something I?m constantly trying to work on and thought would be a perfect Monday Motivation topic to start the week.
We awaken to self-knowledge through the relentless practices of self-observation.
Self-observation is not analysis; it is simply noticing what we think, how we think, what we fear, how we react, and what our strategies of behavior are.
Notice, notice, notice.
In observing ourselves objectively-that is, without judgment-we can begin to see clearly our fear-based ideas of how we?re supposed to be, how others are supposed to be, how life is supposed to be.
In seeing through our beliefs, we penetrate the countless layers of illusions that silently run our lives.
As with all of the meditations in Saying Yes to Life, I can easily apply this lesson to my own life. I would love to say that I live without too much fear. Like most people, I do fear the death of my loved ones as well as my own. I also fear illness and significant financial loss/hardship. However, I also fear many other relatively unimportant things (ex. how others view me, my career, and my accomplishments) and I often let that fear strongly influence my behavior and life choices.
I would love to hear from you?
Are you able to see the relevance of this mediation in your own life? How so?
Filed Under: Featured ? Health ? Life
Source: http://fitnesshealthandfood.com/2011/08/01/monday-motivation-mediation-on-self-observation-and-fear/
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