2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
For centuries, monks and mystics have resorted to meditation to separate thought and thinker, impulse and action, freeing the mind from rigid restrictions and twisted interpretations.
When these practices first began to be popularized in the Western world, the phrase “to be here and now” became widespread. There is logic in this. After all, only by being in the present can we more skillfully cope with the present moment.
The cognitive sciences began to study and demystify this subtle import from the East. They focused on focusing techniques - without purpose or judgment. It's called thoughtfulness (mindfulness). This technique improves connections in the brain's networks so we don't get distracted.
Thoughtfulness can help us feel more comfortable with the inner essence and fulfill the first commandment of self-improvement - to know ourselves.
In difficult moments, we have no time to look at the instructions. Thoughtfulness leads to emotional dexterity, making it possible to observe the one who thinks in the process of thinking. She brings our "I" out of the shadow. It creates a gap between thought and action, which is needed to make sure that we are acting as we wish and not out of habit.
Ways to Become More Thoughtful
Start by breathing. Concentrate on your breathing for a minute. Start counting to four as you inhale and four as you exhale. Naturally, the mind will try to become inattentive. Check it out and let it be. Do not reproach yourself that "you can't do it." Every time something comes to mind, focus on your breathing. Such is the game. Not to win. It's about getting involved in the process.
Observe thoughtfully. Select an object nearby - a flower, an insect, a thumb - and focus on it for a minute. Look at him as if you have just arrived from another planet and see him for the first time. Try to isolate and define its different aspects and dimensions. Focus on color, texture, movement, etc.
Use established practice. Let it be something you do every day, like making coffee or brushing your teeth. When you start doing this, focus on each stage of the action, on the element of what you see, heard, texture and smell. Do this deliberately.
Listen for real. Pick a piece of music (a quiet classical song) and tune into it - if you can, put on your headphones - and do it as if you heard it for the first time. Don't judge, just try to highlight different aspects of rhythm, melody, structure.
Thoughtfulness will take you beyond the intellectual and even emotional classifications of your thoughts and experiences. This is when the brain ceases to be rational, to work as an indexer - it becomes more a sponge than a calculator. Such calm receptivity naturally borders on interest.
When we become interested in exploring the world within us and beyond our borders, we can make more flexible decisions. We can deliberately breathe space into our reactions and choose based on what is important to us and who we hope to become.
The article appeared thanks to the book "Emotional Agility" by Susan David
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