ryandesreu

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  1. Every time before eating, find the hunger feeling in the body and really feel it. Now imagine that food not being there and really let it sink in. Do the same for water.

    Before sleeping, find the sleepiness in the body and really feel it. Now imagine your bed not being there. No peace, no rest. Really imagine yourself in that situation for a bit. Do this nightly. 

    Imagine someone you love, someone you care for, someone you need. Your mother, your father, your significant other, your child. Focus on the love you feel for them. Now imagine you wake up to hear the news that you will never see them again. Do this daily. 

    If any of these exercises start to become too much for you at any time, stop.


  2. I don't know anything to exist outside of my mind would be my experience. To conclude that nothing exists outside of my mind I would have to use logic and not direct experience. I don't know what's going on inside Leo's mind so I can't speak for that but his statement isn't so far-fetched that I would argue it. I've heard far stranger things.


  3. Walking meditation prior to seated meditation to improve awakeness.

    Labeling meditation is an excellent way. 

    Don't get frustrated by loss of focus. It's not a competition. Just gently bring focus back with kindness. The action of bringing the focus back is a key exercise to meditation. 

    Technique: Focus on a sight object for some time, then focus on sounds as they come and go for some time. Do the same for all five senses and also for thoughts and emotions. Watch these experiences as they come and go without clinging.

    If something becomes too painful or extreme, stop.

     


  4. Post your favorite lyrics or poetry here.

    Title: This Is Nature 

    This is nature

    We are trees

    Luminant leaves of verdant green 

    We are earthly

    This is stone

    From the soil we are grown

    There's a river

    Watch it flow

    Experiences come and go

    What is pleasure 

    It is pain

    Birth of fire and wind and rain

    This is nature 

    How things change

    Not a word that can explain

    Sight is setting 

    Fading sun

    Slowly fading back to none

    -Ryan (me)


  5. Quotes can be profound, influential, funny, informative, motivating... Drop a few of your best quotes here and add some to your collection.

    "When a human becomes conscious of nature, nature through the human becomes conscious of itself." -Eckhart Tolle

    "I'm not out to change people's minds and move everybody to the center. I'm out to make people stop demonizing the other side." -Jonathan Haidt

    "Many of the world's problems aren't solved. They're outgrown, and in order to outgrow them, it requires a new level of consciousness." -Ram Dass


  6. @Danioover9000 She missed the first step of de-escalation which is to calm yourself first and stay calm. She had a raised voice, angry body language, and she scolded him for yelling at the other manager. It's never a good idea to scold, blame, or shame somebody who is escalated because it just makes the situation worse. And in this situation it is at the exact moment when she is scolding him that he loses it.

    You got a lot of good answers there. Thank you.