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When we understand the true nature of mind, we start to see these thoughts merely as thoughts instead of engaging with them. They arise, abide, and pass. They have no substance and certainly no power unless we git it to them.

mind, mindfulness

Pain is inevitable… Suffering is optional. We will all have to endure trauma and challenges. What matters is how we move forward afterward. Do we keep carrying the trauma and its causes in our mind? Or can we find a way to let go of them, to end our own suffering?…This is where mindfulness can help us.

buddhism, cause-and-effect, dalai-lama, mindfulness, pain, suffering, trauma

Meditation provides the tools not only to abide more comfortably in the present, but also to observe rather than engage with unhappiness-creating thoughts.

meditation, mindfulness-practice

When we’re being mindful, we’re paying attention to the present moment, deliberately and non-judgementally. When we’re meditating, we’re being mindful of a specific object, such as the sensation of the breath at the tip of our nostrils, for a sustained period of time.

There’s nothing like a good, long sleep to allow unpleasantness to recede into the past.

life-and-living

In Buddhism we also interprete Dharma to mean ‘cessation,’ as in the end of dissatisfaction, the end of dukkha. This is the purpose of Buddha’s teachings.

life-and-living

Like depression, loneliness arises from unhappiness creating thoughts feeding into the insula, deepening the negative spiral of thoughts and feelings.

depression, loneliness

When we understand the true nature of mind, we start to see these thoughts merely as thoughts instead of engaging with them. They arise, abide, and pass. They have no substance and certainly no power unless we git it to them.

mind, mindfulness

Pain is inevitable… Suffering is optional. We will all have to endure trauma and challenges. What matters is how we move forward afterward. Do we keep carrying the trauma and its causes in our mind? Or can we find a way to let go of them, to end our own suffering?…This is where mindfulness can help us.

buddhism, cause-and-effect, dalai-lama, mindfulness, pain, suffering, trauma