Comments on: Questions: So What Should I be DOING? http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/60 A Daily Dose of Buddhist Wisdom Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:20:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Michael Layne http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/60/comment-page-1#comment-63 Michael Layne Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:32:48 +0000 http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/60#comment-63 Again, thanks for the reply and posting the question. I am taking your advice. Rather than just sticking with a Thursday night meditation group, I am working it into my daily routine. I don’t want to bite of too much, and I am increasingly seeking to just focus on my breath. This morning it was amazing to me just how much noise rattles about in one’s mind. I’ve been subject to some anxiety issues for some time due, I believe, to stress and the pace and pressure of my life. Meditation has done wonders in only a short time. I think that I seek to focus on cause and effect for the moment. Often, my reactions are not immediately ideal. I’m currently trying to be mindful of the implication of negative reactions and observant of the more desirable results when a arrest the cycle. It’s funny. I quit smoking once, and it was the hardest thing I ever did. Last night, sitting around as I wasn’t even particularly focused on moving my philosophy to practice, I had this rush of feeling that was EXACTLY the tortuous clinging that I felt to smoking as I struggled to quit. This awakened me in a very tangible understanding (rather than a philosophical acknowledgement) that I am deeply attached. Part of me feels like that sick part that wanted to keep killing myself with cigarettes and other items. It was an ugly yearning feeling, but I can’t help but feel like its manifestation on the surface was a good thing. Again, thanks for the reply and posting the question. I am taking your advice. Rather than just sticking with a Thursday night meditation group, I am working it into my daily routine. I don’t want to bite of too much, and I am increasingly seeking to just focus on my breath. This morning it was amazing to me just how much noise rattles about in one’s mind. I’ve been subject to some anxiety issues for some time due, I believe, to stress and the pace and pressure of my life. Meditation has done wonders in only a short time.

I think that I seek to focus on cause and effect for the moment. Often, my reactions are not immediately ideal. I’m currently trying to be mindful of the implication of negative reactions and observant of the more desirable results when a arrest the cycle.

It’s funny. I quit smoking once, and it was the hardest thing I ever did. Last night, sitting around as I wasn’t even particularly focused on moving my philosophy to practice, I had this rush of feeling that was EXACTLY the tortuous clinging that I felt to smoking as I struggled to quit. This awakened me in a very tangible understanding (rather than a philosophical acknowledgement) that I am deeply attached. Part of me feels like that sick part that wanted to keep killing myself with cigarettes and other items. It was an ugly yearning feeling, but I can’t help but feel like its manifestation on the surface was a good thing.

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